Google said on Tuesday that it is Construction How the Play Store looks and makes many changes in the effort to better personalize the store to its users and increase the engagement. New features include a new formatted app tab, a new play game experience, a new tab that focuses on your interests, and other features that take advantage of Gemini AI.
Update makes other recent additions, aims to make the Play Store more as a destination – like a tab that shows you that you can see your favorite show or collection, which conducts shop, clock, and listening in areas such as your favorite apps and games, Google Play Games VP and General Manager And mahbod Techcrunch was explained in a press briefing.
He said, “For more than 4 billion users, Google Play is an important entrance to search for apps, games, books, movies, TVs and timely cultural materials, and our ambition is to help all users to attach to those apps and materials that fuels their needs and interests,” they said in a press arifting before today.
Not surprisingly adding an AI-managed functionality to the update Play Store.
AI Search and New Apps Tab
With a feature called guided search, user can find apps or games that they want to try by typing in a goal or idea instead of the name of the app. For example, a user can type “find a house” to indicate real estate apps.
Play Store apps tab is also being updated to include new “curated spaces” dedicated to seasonal subjects and which are in line with the user’s interests. They can pull into content from many apps, Google says. In the US, the content related to the WNBA will be painted here, for example.
The expansion follows the launch of locations cured in India and Japan, which focused on regional interests such as cricket and comics respectively. Korean users will also receive a curate space focused on video content, which will offer a mixture of movies, TV shows and short-form videos, including drama and serial stories. Google notes that short-form material is the most frequently consumed media format on smartphones.
You have a personal home with tab
A new you are the purpose of the tab to attract users to attract more often with the Play Store, as it will provide a centralized location for tracking membership, award (eg play points), recommendations, statistics and updates.
In particular, the tab will offer recommendations related to your interests, such as films or shows, podcasts, e-books, or audibook, and watching what you were reading, or watching the final.
Gamers will also see their new gamer profile in this tab, which organizes statistics and achievements in sports and equipment. These profiles can now also be adapted with the Genai avatar.
A new game tab and AI ‘Sidekik’
Android is also rolling new features for gamers after the launch of the new game app sent with rival Apple’s iOS 26 release.
Now, the Games tab will centralize the state and the achievement tracking, prizes and the community at the same place. Sports will allow league users to challenge their friends and compete for play points rewards. This popular title is closed with the first league dedicated to subway surfers, which will run from 10 October to 23 October.
However, the more interesting update is in addition to the A-S) Play Game Sidekik. This is a new in-game overlay that you can access to get real-time gaming aid from Mithun Live.
The idea is that when you get stuck in a game and require guidance or tips, you can ask for help from Gemini. The feature works on google Shown with Deepmind in DecemberWhere the company showed how it was developing AI agents in the domain including gaming.
Mehbad said, “Instead of leaving the game to look for a tutorial or walkthrough, we are taking advantage of the latest Gemini audio-to-audio model to help understand our gaming context, which gives you quick reactions and encourages.”
Sidekic will also cure and organize other relevant gaming information at one place, so that you can live in the game. Initially, this feature will be included in EA and Netmarbal Games, including Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, FC MobileAnd Solo Leveling: Arise,
Also there are new game detail pages, which will showcase information about the title, including the ongoing event, developer updates and offers. Next month, gamers will also be able to ask and share questions on this page to provide or receive help from other gamers.
Google Play Game on PC Google said, who brings more than 200,000 titles to Windows Desktop, is still exiting Beta.
