Google Play Store to Push Apps “Designed for Tablets”

You may have already noticed when Google
added the “Designed for tablets” section in the
Google Play Store earlier this year, but now
they’re really going to give the whole tablet-
centric app thing a real push heading in the
holiday shopping season.
Starting on November 21, if you visit the Play
Store from a tablet, your default view will show
the apps that are “designed for tablets.” You
can still open up the options to see the rest of
the Android apps in the marketplace too, but
that’s where your default view will lie. And this
applies to all the sub-lists, like Top Paid, Top
Free, Top New Free, Trending and so on.
To further differentiate between apps that meet
Google’s requirements to receive the “Designed
for tablets” designation, all apps that don’t
meet those requirements will be tagged with
“Designed for phones.” This should help to
motivate developers to go through the process
and check the tablet optimization tips. Getting
listed in the tablet section will surely help
increase download counts. There’s a tablet
checklist to go through too.