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Following testing in December, Google is moving Play Store search to the bottom bar with a new tab.Instead of a search bar at the top of the screen when you’re viewing the “Games” and “Apps” feeds, Google Play is switching to a “Search” tab at the center of the bottom bar.

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[–] Majestix 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

One more click to search...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Which means one more screen to show ads - this is why they do it...

[–] Evotech 7 points 4 months ago

Such an anti feature. I remember google removed the url bar and joined it with the search bar back in the day. Now it's full regression time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They could've so easily solved this by making it just immediately jump to the search bar on tap, or hide that feature behind a long press like some other apps do if they're really wanting to push people towards trending searches. I appreciate that it's within thumb's reach now but this is a pretty lackluster implementation