Google has its downloadwinkel Android Market, with a new interface. An option to apps filter by popularity per country is lacking, however, for the time being, although a lot of developers that option like in the Market would see.
The new version of Android Market does somewhat reminiscent of the version of the downloadwinkel such as those on tablets with Honeycomb appeared. The large green areas at the top of the screen are gone, while lists are now in two columns are displayed. Search results are also listed in a column.
In addition, there are a few options added. So you can now choose which Google account apps download. Also, the added option to check for ads in the apps to adapt to interests, although it is not clear how these interests are determined. In the American version of Market can books and movies to be downloaded, but it is unclear if and when those features come to the Netherlands.
The option to have a notification for updates seems to be gone. Also, the discoverability of apps is hardly improved. Despite a slick interface for the Featured section is still missing is always an option to filter on country or region. Therefore, users can, for example, commonly used Dutch apps do not happen to discover.
Google announced the new Android Market thu morning Dutch time. The update will be gradually rolled out to all Android phones. Who doesn’t want to wait, can download the installation file and install on his device.
