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There have been a lot of unfounded rumors and speculation about KitKat and the Nexus 5 (and even the good old Nexus 4) floating around the web in the last few days, so why don't we take a break from those and switch things up for a change? Here is the work-in-progress UI from the next major update to the Play Store app for Android, version 4.4 (just to be clear: the Play Store's version is 4.4 - I'm not talking about Android 4.4).
The biggest change, as you can see, is the move to the "hamburger"-style slide-out navigation. The current version of the Play Store app, 4.3.11, which you can see in the 6th screenshot, has everything crammed into a single menu.
Left, middle: Play Store 4.4; right: Play Store 4.3 with everything in a single menu
The slide-out navigation has the following tabs:
Store home
My apps, My movies & TV, etc., depending on the section you're currently in
Shop - this one doesn't appear at all times
My wishlist
Redeem
The menu, shown in the 4th screenshot, is now down to just Settings and Help - exactly how it should be.
As I mentioned, this is work-in-progress, so I'm expecting further refinements by the time Google starts pushing it to devices around the globe.
Play Store 4.4 should at the very minimum be released with KitKat, as it's already being tested on Android 4.4 devices (4.4 on 4.4, get it?). Whether we'll see it pop up earlier or not is, unfortunately, unknown at this point.
As for compatibility, don't fret - v4.4 is backwards compatible all the way back to Froyo.
[Exclusive] Next Android Play Store App 4.4 Will Switch To Slide-Out Navigation [Screenshots]
The biggest change, as you can see, is the move to the "hamburger"-style slide-out navigation. The current version of the Play Store app, 4.3.11, which you can see in the 6th screenshot, has everything crammed into a single menu.
Left, middle: Play Store 4.4; right: Play Store 4.3 with everything in a single menu
The slide-out navigation has the following tabs:
Store home
My apps, My movies & TV, etc., depending on the section you're currently in
Shop - this one doesn't appear at all times
My wishlist
Redeem
The menu, shown in the 4th screenshot, is now down to just Settings and Help - exactly how it should be.
As I mentioned, this is work-in-progress, so I'm expecting further refinements by the time Google starts pushing it to devices around the globe.
Play Store 4.4 should at the very minimum be released with KitKat, as it's already being tested on Android 4.4 devices (4.4 on 4.4, get it?). Whether we'll see it pop up earlier or not is, unfortunately, unknown at this point.
As for compatibility, don't fret - v4.4 is backwards compatible all the way back to Froyo.
[Exclusive] Next Android Play Store App 4.4 Will Switch To Slide-Out Navigation [Screenshots]
