Updated: You can now download the latest version 5.1.11 of Google
Play Store APK which brings with it a bunch of changes and bug fixes
that users have been facing for quite a while. This release also adds
more Material Design, Wearable sensors/activity data,
among other things. The download link below has been updated with latest version.
Google Play Store APK version 5.1.11 is now available to download.
The all new Google Play Store 5 carries more elements of Material Design
as has been seen earlier in the Android L Developer Preview releases.
Google Play Newsstand was also updated with a complete Material Design
overhaul, and a day later, Google+ was updated with additional Material
Design elements. So what does the new Play Store 5 make its play on?
Read on after the jump to find out!
Straight away, you will notice that the app icon for the new Play
Store carrier the new, flatter look, keeping itself in line with
Material Design’s new aesthetics.
Apparently, apart from the design language, things have changed under
the hood. Fire up the app and you will instantly recognize the subtle
changes in animations for say, when accessing the slide-out drawer menu,
along with changes in the iconography.
The
What’s New section has been moved to the top and is now
visibly highlighted in green, allowing for it to be prominently visible
in each application listing.
Even the Widget Suggestion icons for the home screen have changed,
maintaining the flat, paper like design, as was expected. Google went to
the extent of changing the notification icon for the status bar as
well, after all, it is this attention to detail that ultimately counts.
This version of Play Store should start rolling out to users over the
course of the next few days, but, we can’t be entirely sure, and it may
take longer. Regardless, if you do not want to wait for that update to
hit your device, you can download the APK of Google Play Store 5 from
the link at the foot of this post, side-load it, and give it a run.
Please note that this APK is not quite ready for Android L Preview or
ROM ports based on the Preview images. If you did not pay heed to this
warning, and your Play Store is crashing, you will need to revert to an
older version to get things up and running again.
If you happen to have tried the new Play Store and are running it on
your device, do share your thoughts and opinions on the changes and any
other improvements that we may have missed.
Download
Google Play APK version 5.1.11
from here.