Google Play Store to add badge to apps optimized for larger screens
Google Play Store is introducing a badge to indicate apps optimized for larger screens, improving the experience for tablet and foldable device users. The badge will appear in the Play Store starting with version 51.2, clearly marking apps that fully utilize larger displays. This change reflects Google's broader efforts to enhance Android's support for bigger screens and aligns with its plans for merging Android and Chrome OS into 'Aluminium OS'.
- ▪Google Play Store will display a badge for apps optimized for larger screens starting with version 51.2.
- ▪The badge indicates that an app will fully use the screen space on tablets or foldables, rather than appearing in a phone-sized window.
- ▪This update addresses long-standing issues with app compatibility on larger devices and supports Google's strategy for future operating system convergence.
- ▪Google previously launched Android 12L to improve large-screen support, but progress had stalled until now.
- ▪The move is likely tied to Google's development of 'Aluminium OS,' which will integrate Android and Chrome OS and rely on the Google Play Store.
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:24:11 GMT |
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