Android Market Gets A Facelift Too – Download It Now

Great news to all the Android fans out there! Android Market has just been redesigned completely and it’ll be coming to our phones in the coming weeks. So it’s not just this blog that gets a makeover huh?

What should we expect to see in the newly designed Market:

The new Market client is designed to better showcase top apps and games, engage users with an improved UI, and provide a quicker path to downloading or purchasing your products. For developers, the new Android Market client means more opportunities for your products to be merchandised and purchased. Explains Eric Chu in an Android Developers blog post.

Users who have phones running Android 2.2 or higher will be able to receive an update in the coming weeks but if you can’t wait for it (like me), you can download the APK file from XDA Developers forum and install it manually in your Android device.

You can also scan the QR code below to directly download the file.

It works well on my HTC Desire HD running Android 2.3.3 and here are some screenshots of the new Android Market:

I don’t know if you’ll agree but the home screen reminds me of Windows Phone 7.

The UI has been totally changed and I can’t even find a trace of the previous version. At first, I find it a bit cluttered but after a while, I started to enjoy it. You can easily flip through different app lists by just swiping left or right and discover what other people are downloading in the Top Paid, Top Free, Top Grossing, Top New Paid, Top New Free, and Trending lists.

If you want to see more of the new Android Market, watch the video below.

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