Continuing with the numerous Android Market updates, Google just refreshed the categories that users can use to filter and browse Market apps and games. The changes are now live on both the backend Developer Console and the live Market.
Here is a table showing the previous and new categories (new categories are in green, modified in yellow):
Previous app categories | New app categories | Previous game categories | New game categories |
---|---|---|---|
Books & Reference | Arcade & Action | Arcade & Action | |
Business | Brain & Puzzle | Brain & Puzzle | |
Comics | Comics | Cards & Casino | Cards & Casino |
Communication | Communication | Casual | Casual |
Education | Sports Games | ||
Entertainment | Entertainment | ||
Finance | Finance | ||
Health | Health & Fitness | ||
Lifestyle | Lifestyle | ||
Multimedia | Media & Video | ||
Medical | |||
Music & Audio | |||
News & Weather | News & Magazines | ||
Personalization | |||
Photography | |||
Productivity | Productivity | ||
Reference | |||
Shopping | Shopping | ||
Social | Social | ||
Sports | Sports | ||
Themes | Themes | ||
Tools | Tools | ||
Transportation | |||
Travel | Travel & Local | ||
Demo | |||
Software Libraries | Libraries & Demo | ||
Weather |
A shot of the Developer Console:
Thanks, yuku