ay Store is experimenting with glanceable features details from reviews

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 15 Aug 2016

wants to make those bunches of user reviews that fill up the ay Store more a little more useful when you’re window shopping for another app.

An experiment is popping up for some ay Store users that shows off a section labeled Top Features, which groups together data from reviews to give you a better idea about what an app actually excels at.

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The new section will tell you just how well the app performs at specific features.

According to the report, you’ll see a specific score for these main features. If a banking app flunks at managing credit cards, you’ll know that maybe it’s worth skipping.

To create this information, there’s been some reworking to the review process. You may be asked if specific functions are available inside of an app to give them a thumbs up or down. It reminds me of the way Maps will ask you questions about places you’ve visited while trying to bump up your cal Guides score.

ok for this overhaul to continue, as regularly changes up different aspects of the ay Store with the ultimate goal of matching up Android users with apps they’re likely to enjoy. The change is on ’s end; some users will see it others won’t, without running different versions of the ay Store. As with all changes to ’s apps, stay tuned for more. recently began stripping away + highlighting early-access apps.

The impact on you: In all this seems like a move in the right direction. If can nudge people to offer feedback about apps in a way that’s quick easy, more people are likely to hit Install for those apps that match their needs. A quick thumbs up or down is much easier than sounding off in a review, which would lead to more participation better data about those apps that are begging for your time.