subject: Welcome Google Play- A Digital Entertainment Hub [print this page] From last one year, we witnessed the expanding reach, content and monetization of opportunities enjoyed by the Android market. Initially, Android market started with extending services to the users and then went on adding ebooks, movies and music. Now, Googles Android Market has undergone some fantastic and amazing makeover and is freshly launched as Google Play.
Google Play is the new digital entertainment hub and a unified brand that is meant to tie the Googles digital media services like Android market, Google Music and Google eBook store together. Google was planning the rebranding from quite a long time and now company felt that it was the right time to pull the trigger.
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Google has spent long time in making Android Market into a happening digital media hub, but the constant citing of Android name, might led to a sense of omission for some users. There was no actual process of renting movies, purchasing music or reading e books from Google that require interested people to own a Android device. Now, all of the users relevant media is stored in Googles extensive cloud and is accessible through web browser and Google planning to drive that point home with new Google Play Brand.
Now, the rebrand is live Googles new aesthetic efforts come into play on the web. Android Market has been drastically overhauled to place more focus on the other digital media that Google is offering to users. Instead of lying on the top of the bar Google Music and Google eBook Store will occupy prime real estate at eye level.
Google Play is developed on the similar infrastructure as Android market for the seamless transition of users and developers. Users can sign up with their current account with same facts as before with same payment method. For mobile app developers, there is no change in the process of publishing products with same old publishing tools.
So, good news for android app developers if your android app was on Android Market now its on Google Play. This update is for devices running on Android 2.2 or above versions.
