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Nick Lucchesi

Google reveals plan to transform the Play store from an open-air bazaar to a premium shopping mall

Sam Bright, Google Play's Vice President and General Manager, introduced how Google Play would expand “beyond the store” to include new features.

To think about it in physical terms, the Google Play store is like a massive, underregulated open-air bazaar. It has countless games, apps, movies, TV shows, books, and more. There are amazing deals if you look hard enough. Meanwhile, other apps are decidedly more buyer-beware — threatening to “steal sensitive information and login credentials from unsuspecting Android owners,” as Laptop Mag reported in May.

Google is renovating the sometimes chaotic shopping experience into something more welcoming and organized—a place where the tech giant hopes you will spend much more time. 

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