{"id":770,"date":"2020-10-29T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1326046"},"modified":"2020-10-29T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:42:25","slug":"google-is-testing-a-nifty-app-comparison-feature-in-the-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"Google is testing a nifty app comparison feature in the Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are plenty of sites on the internet where you can compare the specs of gadgets such as phones, laptops, and cameras.<span>But it\u2019s hard to compare apps in the same way. However, Google\u2019s testing a feature in the Play Store that lets you do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/10\/28\/google-compares-similar-apps-head-to-head-in-new-play-store-experiment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Android Police<\/a>, if you have this feature, you\u2019ll see a new comparison table below comments on an app\u2019s page. In a GIF obtained by the publication, the section shows VLC pitted against other players with measures such as ease of use, offline playback, casting, and controls listed for evaluating apps against one another.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1326049 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/Android-Police-play-store-comparison-1.gif\" alt width=\"319\" height=\"711\" data-lazy=\"true\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/10\/29\/google-is-testing-a-nifty-app-comparison-feature-in-the-play-store\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2020%2F10%2F29%2Fgoogle-is-testing-a-nifty-app-comparison-feature-in-the-play-store%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Play Store app comparison experiment\" data-title=\"Share Play Store app comparison experiment on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Play Store app comparison experiment on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Play Store app comparison experiment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Currently, the Play Store just shows the names of similar apps under an app\u2019s page.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/10\/29\/lenovo-legion-7i-review-a-great-gaming-laptop-for-grown-ups\/\">Lenovo Legion 7i review: a great gaming laptop for grown-ups<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a clever idea because the comparison table lets you check which players have specific features you might care about; the ability to stream or cast in the case of VLC.<\/p>\n<p><span>Android Police noted that the feature is currently visible Play Store version 22.4.28, but will only appear for some users and select apps. Since this is just a test, there\u2019s no guarantee Google will roll it out for all users, but I certainly hope they do.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For more gear, gadget, and hardware news and reviews, follow Plugged on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plugged\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@thenextweb\/plugged-54nihknvy\">Flipboard<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published October 29, 2020 \u2014 09:42 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/10\/29\/google-is-testing-a-nifty-app-comparison-feature-in-the-play-store\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are plenty of sites on the internet where you can compare the specs of gadgets such as phones, laptops, and cameras.But it\u2019s hard to compare apps in the same way. 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