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It’s about time: Google Play to provide distinction between phone and tablet apps

on October 12, 2013

Gigaom

At last, Google(s goog) Play has come along. In a Friday post to the Android Developers Blog, Google announced an upcoming change to Google Play sure to please Android tablet users everywhere. Started November 21, when you access Google Play on an Android tablet, you will be given a tablet-optimized apps section as your default view. You can still search for compatible phone apps, but they’ll be clearly marked as “Designed for phone.”

This is a huge step forward for Google, which has really failed to promote its tablet app selection thus far. Aside from a half-baked “Designed for tablets” section introduced earlier this year, finding tablet-optimized apps has mostly proven to be an exercise in frustration. It’s been so bad I even wrote a guide for the best ways to find Android tablet apps until Google got its act together. Luckily, it appears those tips will no longer be…

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