Play Store

Android app marketplace

Play Store is Google's digital marketplace for Android devices, where users download apps, games, music, movies, and books.

It functions as Android's equivalent to Apple's App Store: I found a great podcast app on the Play Store.

The full name is Google Play Store, but users typically shorten it.

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games · open beta · update · reviews · one star · ratings · editor's choice · smartphone · tablet · APK · developer · free · paid · subscription · gift card · marketplace · digital · mobile

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Opposites
competing app ecosystems

Play StoreApp Store

Apple's official software marketplace

Apple ecosystem · Microsoft Store · iOS · iPhone

official vs. alternative distribution

Play Storesideloading

Installing software unofficially

direct download

Family

play, store, plays, played, playing, player, players, playful, playfully

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G