Google Play now shows adverts, events in search history

Ads already seem all through the Play Store, and Google is now displaying them while you begin a search alongside different visible tweaks.

When you faucet the Google Play search bar on the high of the app, you beforehand simply noticed your final 4 queries. Now, you would possibly see as much as three “limited-time events as well as sponsored suggestions,” with previous searches showing beneath that.

Limited-time events are an present device used to advertise streaming apps which may have a very attention-grabbing sporting match later in the day or in-game events. They typically seem as playing cards in the Play Store’s essential feeds. They are now surfaced in search history with app title, icon, ranking, and obtain rely. 

Additionally, Google Play can also be displaying “sponsored suggestions” which are explicitly labeled as an “Ad,” although some customers would think about limited-timed events to be basically the identical factor. Both sorts disappear as you begin typing your search.

Moving search history additional down the checklist is unlucky and telling in phrases of firm priorities. Meanwhile, a small tweak sees extra distinguished icons subsequent to previous queries for simpler sorting.

This change was introduced in the April Google System Updates changelog and has been rolling out in current weeks. (We first noticed a variant of it in November 2022.) Google this week additionally detailed different Play Store additions, together with “key app and game highlights from what others are saying” in Play search outcomes. 

You may also get “apps and games to download over cellular data from the download notification while waiting for Wi-Fi.”

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