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Google Play Music updated, UI and album art take center stage

By Eric Abent
on 19 Jul, 2012

Google has released an update for the free Google Play Music app, touting that this new version is now "harder, better, faster, stronger" in a nice little homage to Daft Punk. Version 4.3.606 of the Google Play Music app adds a reworked user interface, with transport controls now appearing on the action bar. It addition to the tweaked UI, this update also adds new Now Playing functionality, allowing users to queue up and rearrange songs.

Google backpedals – allows deauthorizations on Google Music

By Cory Gunther
on 16 May, 2012

Late last night we learned that Google's popular cloud music service Google Play Music had recently received a few changes. Users can authorize 10 devices to use the music service, but recently Google changed this to only allow four deauthorizations per year. While this doesn't matter to the average user, many in the developer community were upset and we saw an uproar this afternoon.

Google Play monetizes well for some free to play carrier billing games

By Shane McGlaun
on 2 May, 2012

Google Play has a reputation of not making much money for developers who offer their games there. However, not all developers agree that Google Play is not a moneymaker. In fact, developers like TinyCo, Spry Fox and Robot Invader are reporting that the Google Play revenue is on par with money they make from iOS versions of the game.

Google Play Store inverted with a black, blue, or green color theme

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Apr, 2012

Who loves the new Google Play Store, previously known as the Android Market but would like the change the look and feel? We've posted inverted color themes before but today is a lot different. What we have is inverted colors for the Google Play Store in black, blue, pink, cyan and many others. If you like to tweak the look of your Android, these are a great place to start in terms of the Play Store.

Google Play Music to get Labs features soon

By Michael Crider
on 22 Mar, 2012

For all Google Music's charms and its drawbacks, there's still places where it could improve. According to Google Operating System, it soon will: Google Play Music is set to get a Labs function, just like a handful of other Google services like Gmail and the Android browser. You can see a placeholder section for the Labs experimental features right now, though at the moment it's empty. The folks at Google Operating System dug around the HTML and CSS code for this and other pages and got a pretty good idea of what's in store.

Dude Perfect game is like Angry Birds playing Basketball

By Cory Gunther
on 16 Mar, 2012

Remember the Youtube group called Dude Perfect that made all those awesome videos shooting some of the worlds most impossible basketball shots? We'll they've scored again only this time for Android. Instead of watching their videos on the go, how about play the game. Just recently released is Dude Perfect, an Android game based on the real-life dudes and you can get in on the Basketball action for only $0.99 today.

Google sued over Play Store’s 15 minute return policy

By Michael Crider
on 16 Mar, 2012

When the Android Market changed its return policy from a generous 24 hours to a paltry 15 minutes way back in 2010, there was no shortage of complaints. But it appears that two users went a step beyond and actually sued Google for the policy, in addition to generally misleading claims about the quality and working order of apps. The suit comes from Dodd J. Harris and Stephen Sabatin of California, who were unsatisfied with a Mandarin instruction app and Bit Torrent client, respectively.

Google is still working on adding Google Play content for more countries

By Michael Crider
on 13 Mar, 2012

One of the more frustrating aspects of Android for non-US users is that a lot of the content on the Google Play Store (formerly the Android Market) isn't available in other countries. Certain apps and usually all of Google Music, Movies and Books aren't available in all territories. Users have been voicing their complaints at the Google Play Google+ page, and Google has responded. Essentially, they're trying as hard as they can, but the intricacies of international content licensing are not for the faint of heart.

Google makes more changes, Play Store to be headed by Jamie Rosenberg

By Cory Gunther
on 12 Mar, 2012

More changes for Google and their Android Market have been detailed this weekend. Early last week Google rebranded the Market as the Google Play Store and now we've learned that Eric Chu, Android Team and Market Manager of the past 4 years has stepped away from the Market, and will no longer be in charge of the new Play Store.

Android Community Weekly: March 10, 2012

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 10 Mar, 2012

We've had another week of excellent tech news, now here's your wrap-up! There were a few rumors circulating this week that ASUS would be the manufacturer of the first Nexus tablet. We had even thought it could be called the "Google Play", but it turned out that Google Play was the rebranded name of the Android Market. After the Google Play Store was rolled out to devices everywhere, it was breaking the Market for many Motorola devices. Fortunately, they've already pushed an update to v3.4.7 and it managed to fix the problem. And if you all have recently wondered where your Android Market went, it was replaced entirely, so you'll need to find it in your app drawer under Google Play Store.