Google Play Store v14.5.52 tests a new Material theme design and lays the groundwork for installing APEX packages on Android Q

Google has deployed (or has begun testing) the redesign of the Material theme for applications such as Google Photos, Google Calculator, Google Calendar, Google Home, Keep, Project Fi, Files, Google Drive, and more. The last app to join the material theme reconfiguration party will be the Google Play Store, as the first 9to5Google but also activated by us. The publication also spotted some channels related to the update in the application, which, according to XDA-Developers, allow to install APEX packages directly from the Play Store.

Google Material Theme has been redesigned to the latest version of Google Play Store, version 14.5.52, with the help of XDA Recognized Developer. With this redesign, the most important change is the bottom bar which contains tabs for the Home, Games, Movies and TV and Books sections for easier navigation. Icons are hollow and monochrome; their accent color is assigned when the tab is selected. The search bar now has rounded corners. The home page removes the nested tabs and icons for the categories. The home page also sees the new rounded square icons applied uniformly.

The Application Information page now contains the Google Sans font. There is now a longer button to install applications. The download flag has also been changed because it is now circular and surrounds the application icon. In the screen "My Apps and Games", there is a new Permissions section.

In addition to these topic theme changes, 9to5Google spotted some channels, which they interpreted as intended to support the launch of full Android system updates from Google Play.

System update
Download and install
Preparing…
Installation ... The device will restart soon.
All good! Update completed.
Sorry, something went wrong! Try again later.

However, we believe that these strings relate to support for new APEX packages already installed in Android Q. There are currently six APEX packages in Android Q and it will also be mandatory for OEMs to use Google's packages. own source. Thus, the system updates mentioned in these chains are very likely to update the APEX modules, which are actually system libraries, directly from the Play Store.

You can learn more about APEX and the fact that this is the biggest thing that can happen to Android after the Treble project.

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