There were rumors that Google Play might be the name for Google’s upcoming 7-inch tablet, but it turns out it’s actually a “digital entertainment destination where you can find, enjoy and share your favorite music, movies, books and apps on the web and on your Android phone or tablet.”
Today in a company blog post Google announced the Android Market will now be called the Play Store, Google Music will become Play Music, Google Books will become Play Books, and the Video App will turn into Play Movies.
The new Google Play icons.Google Play is already live on the web and it will be rolling out to devices with Android 2.2 or higher over the coming days. All content and apps in your existing account will remain in your account, but will transition to Google Play.
Right now, it looks like the countries that have access to Google Play will remain the same for different types of content. Google said they are working to expand support to new markets, but they don’t have a specific timeline to share.
Types of content by country include:
Paid Apps: Available in these countriesMovies: Available in US, UK, Canada, and JapaneBooks: Available in US, UK, Canada, and AustraliaMusic: Available in USIt appears this change in strategy is to emphasize that Google’s content can now be accessed on any computer with a modern browser and not just Android devices. Users can read books on the Google Play web reader, listen to music on their computer or watch movies online. All the content is stored in Google’s cloud, so you can access it anywhere with your Google account.
“This is really an acknowledgement that these experiences are relevant not just for a mobile environment but across the web,” said Jamie Rosenberg, Google’s director of digital content, in an interview with Marketing Land.
Let us know if you see the new Google Play appear on your device in the comments below.
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Via: Google BlogSource: Google Play
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30Alan Reboli 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +16Whoa, what?!
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92Jeff Pan 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +1Same reaction here
What? :O
ReplyI can’t wrap my head around this decision.
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BunieGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +4Im assuming this has something to do with Apple.
ReplyEvery time I see that word, I throw up.
ReplyAssuming? Me too. It always makes an ASS of U & Me.
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85Lane 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0“Im”?
Reply AnthonyGuest 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +4This is Google’s attempt to challenge iTunes but instead of an computer application it is cloud based.
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22Joel 4 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +3Jeez, you would think by now they would start asking our opinions on stuff like this….
taking polls or something – Reeeallly gonna take some getting used to.
7ablkida 2 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Fucking ay! LISTEN TO US GOOGLE!!
Reply OwainGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +2Why now? I can understand maybe once all this magic is commonplace, but why now?
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88oddball 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Wow I wonder if an itunes like integrtation is coming
ReplyWhat exactly does that even mean at this point? You still want to plug your phone in and sync music? Or that you want a standalone desktop app?
Reply MattGuest 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +4You know what? I would love a simple way to back up EVERYTHING on my Android device. Blackberry and iOS users can just plug in their phone and everything is backed up. On my Android device, only my apps and Gmail info is saved. What about my Apps’ data? I shouldn’t have to root my device to save all of that stuff.
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100Taylor Wimberly 4 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +1App data is backed up to your Google account if the developer supports it. Most do not.
Reply 88oddball 3 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0A desktop app might be nice but that’s not what I mean. The ability to have everything backed up to a google server (app data, music, account settings, etc.). Also changing from simply rent to being able to BUY movies would be nice. Google music is far better than itunes but the purchasing setup for the itunes STORE is much easier to use IMO.
Replythe intergration is the web itself always accessable all the time a desktop client i dont think would do anything for android. i already think everything is already greatly integrated in the google ecosystem. i never have to plug in any of my new devices to get what i need. its already in the cloud. I welcome the new “play” theme. i hope it actually does what google will think it can.
ReplyIf this means I can play Kairosoft games on my computer, I’m afraid I’ll never actually get anything done ever…
But realistically, this could be pretty cool, if everything syncs up and plays as nicely as expected
Reply Anthony E.Guest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +14Terrible name for what it is.
ReplyInteresting, do not get it….
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94pekosROB 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +11Not a fan of the name.
ReplySpeaking of which… There goes the “Google Play” Nexus tablet name.
ReplySpeaking of which… that’s how he opened the article.
(haha sorry, just had to)
ReplyThe name makes sense for video and music but is terrible for Apps. Why on earth would businesses put business applications into a system called “Play”? That doesn’t make sense. It could make sense for games but not all apps. “Android Market” should remain the name for applications.
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99Nick Gray 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1I don’t think the Android Market is going anywhere. It’s more of a rebranding of the web store since a lot of the content has nothing to do with Android.
Reply JGarridoGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +5Actually, it looks like the Android Market will be rebranded the Google Play Store. Kinda lame.
Reply ion orovGuest 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +2Yeah… you can imagine the suits going:
“So Bob… where do we download office apps in the damn thingamajig? I don’t see a store, just something called Google Play for games”
/facepalm
ReplyThey really need to be careful about renaming services like this, android market had some brand recognition. Hope this doesn’t cause customer confusion.
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79Toonshorty 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +25Everyone complains about fragmentation.
Google fixes fragmentation.
Everyone complains about fixing fragmentation.
Reply ion orovGuest 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +5Wait, just to be clear, how does this fix fragmentation again?
Am I missing something or does this somehow allow ICS on older phones like the Galaxy S?
Reply 79Toonshorty 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +3There is more to fragmentation than just mobile OS.
Google Music was sort of under Android Market yet not.
Google Play is an entity in which all markets can exist clearly defining their content.
Google Music isn’t just Android, so why have it under the Android Market moniker?
Reply ion orovGuest 2 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Ah ok, fair enough. I thought you meant fragmentation as in the different OS versions.
ReplyHuh what? Talk about coming from left field
ReplyNot the best name but I love the fact that everything is now under one awesome roof. I like it!!
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78Anthony E 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +4Btw, they’re having a $0.49 sale to celebrate the new store.
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93alxrock 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Also “Play of the Day” for $0.25 as well (“Where’s My Water” game, and “NOW That’s what I call music! 41″ album, and a couple movie rentals)
It looks like they’ll be switching it up daily.
Not too excited about this… Seems too gimmicky for Google. Wii don’t like it.
Reply ion orovGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +3“Play Books”?! Really? That makes no sense…
Why not something like “Google Go”…
Go play (games)
Go read (books)
Go work, etc…
GaryGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1What happened to Free?
Reply pitacrispsGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1I… don’t… Wait, what?
Reply(screams) AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!
OK, carry on…
93alxrock 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Wow. I just checked my phone and it shows an update for Google Play Music (instead of Google Music)
Reply 93alxrock 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +3v4.1.513
*New name, new logo, same great app.
Do not want . Stick with android market. Or if you want it to so its universal. Just change it to google market. With a name like google play. It sounds more like a toy instead of a marketplace to compete with itunes
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2Brendan 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1Ok, name change, whatever.
What I took away from the video was “e-reader”. Now, they didn’t specifically say tablet, so does that mean an honest to goodness e-reader, or am I reading too much into it.
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5bigrob029 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1Seems pointless, but whatever. I’m still with ya big G.
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95YMS123 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +4Play Books!? Time to fire someone…
ReplyI mean, it worked for RIM…right?
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70CTown 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -2I think it makes a lot of sense to take “Android” out of Google’s app store and put it under the same brand as its other proprietary services! One service was called “Android” Market while the other service called “Google Music”. The Market was ALL Google to begin with, there is no point into putting it under a different brand. Technically Android Market was never a part of “Android” to begin with!
I just wonder if this is connected to Google’s new privacy policy. Are these non-Google branded services under the new privacy policy?
Reply MartinGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1are they serious about those icons?
and the whole color scheme is as un-googley as it can be.
42professandobey 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Then Ice Cream Sandwich (and Honeycomb) are as un-Googley as can be.
ReplyIt is pretty nit-picky, but I wasn’t the hugest fan of the new icons, either. The logo is so flat and simple while they are much more realistic. They could have really revamped them, instead of just applying the gradients on top of them. I suppose they could be trying to avoid alienating everyone TOO much, though.
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65WlfHart 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1Interesting… I’m excited to be able to access my Android apps on my computer! I was quite angered when I found out that to play games on Chrome you’d have to buy the game again even if you have the Android game.
Reply SoylentGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1It’s an early april joke, I am certain…. *do not want that play crap*
Reply sjGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1Music & books had updates which changed names and icons; market not yet. am frustrated with ongoing google issues which mean all my apps never show up in mylibrary on web and more than 2/3 of the time,apps physically instAlled on my device dont show up in market when i click myapps. just more android frustrations that most likely will have me switch to an iphone5 in the fall
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68Chad 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1The weird thing is as soon as I finished reading this post I looked over at my Nexus S and the new Play icons and stuff started auto downloading lol talk about timing..
Reply James DuncanGuest 6 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1Sorta dont get the “logic jump” in the icons -
play music, play movies etc – i get
play store – the “brand” – ?
but then again, im pretty thick.
Reply StigyGuest 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -2So I guess this rules out the Nexus Tablet being named the Google Play?
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88Deeds 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -3Didn’t see this coming
Reply 88Deeds 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -2Wow, I don’t think anybody saw this coming
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89Hall Lo 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0I kinda like the icons, but the names… not so much :/
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0Ves 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1They really need to stop rebranding so much. They average consumer will get confused or frustrated and stop using the product.
Replyi miss andy!
ReplyUnexpected, And that name..dunno I liked the “Android market” I think many people did, but I guess it’s for the better since google unifying everything
ReplyI like it. Clean, easy, no hassle.
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50rantmo 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +2I’m lukewarm on the name change, though as has been said “Play Books” doesn’t particularly make any sense at all, but I still love the music app and service. That said, the new icon is an ugly bastard.
ReplyI don’t know if I like the name but I guess it makes sense. They should have just renamed it simply to “Google Market” because you don’t “play” apps. You can play games but not all apps are games.
It would be cool though to access the rest of your content through your web browser such as mp3s bought through Google Music. My hope is that you can play the same Android games through your browser too.
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74aranea 5 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0I love the integration but couldn’t they come up with a better name? Play!? Market was much better.
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75Javier Bastardo 4 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0This was out of the blue, I’m wondering if the Google Drive rumours had GPlay whispers as a source.
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9magnum80 4 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0On my Google Nexus One I got Play Music and Play Books updates.
Greetz from Germany
ReplyI like the new Google Music icon. That’s about all I can say that’s positive.
ReplyAgain only for US. Google when are you going to take into consideration that on planet earth isnt only America?
ReplyI am all for the idea, but I am, and have gotten comfortable with the name market.. Gonna feel weird saying check “Google play?” or do I say play store? When telling a friend how to get a certain app.
ReplyNot once did I see an Xperia “play” comment… THAT’S weird…
ReplyI’m going to miss the Android Market…
Reply JordanGuest 4 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0I think Google Play would still be an option for the 7-inch tablet. I think it would be fitting, especially since it would focus on killing the Kindle Fire and Amazon’s content dominance.
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4Finn Kempers 4 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0Not bad my friends, now when I search for games I might not get books instead -_- THis looks like though a really good idea and I can’t wait to use it, though this may cause custom rom developers a bit of a problem over at XDA :L
Reply Gold D RogerGuest 3 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0please some one tell me why the paid apps are not available world wide. I’m in Maldives and i am a huge android fan so is there any way i purchase these apps?
wtf google…why you no make paid apps available world wide >: /
Reply 5n4r35Guest 3 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0I had to search for them to get them but they’re installed. I have GS2 with CM9 on it.
Reply AndrewGuest 2 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0They should have called it Google.
ReplyHow do you “Play Books?” this .. is just a fucking disaster.
Goes to show how much “Google”, Google is willing to shove down our throats.
To totally disregard Android—as it stands, it’s most successful project—is a slap to the product itself and its consumers.
What is this? I could just boycott of the disastrous move.
this shouts market competition .. not the fun, open, and geeky environment that is or was Android.
So what Google Music isn’t as successful? It works.
NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY WITH YOU GOOGLE!
It won’t be any better when you rename an app “Play Music.”
Let alone, “Play Books.”
Just shows how stupid you guys are for confiding in whoever brought up and worked on this “Play” idea.
fucking dumb. fucking ridiculous.
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96Nathan D. 2 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0This come as a surprise since I didn’t think this was going to happen but I really don’t mind.
ReplyThough I like the new triangle design and the “play” aspect – Andy will be missed.
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82ihatefanboys 1 hour ago Thumb upThumb down 0Ahhhh I love watching angry nerds getting flustered on the internets !! Im glad everything is being integrated under one banner. Some of you posting curse filled posts about how you hate this is just silly. The dude that suggested that a multi-million dollar company should take a poll on what they should call THEIR property should be ashamed. It’s their decision, there is no debate. In a few months you will be used to it, might as well start now. The majority of us dont care what they call it, as long as it works !
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