Developers Can Now Add Tags to their Apps on the Play Store

Google Play Store is home to over 2.v million apps from many different genres, different publishers, and different price tags. They are arranged in categories based on these very factors to make it simpler for users to scout for new apps. Withal, Google is looking to ameliorate discoverability for app developers and meliorate search results for Android users.

Google has now introduced for developers the ability to add tags, up to five of them, to their apps via the Play Console. It's an extension of the categories feature and will only farther assist in refining placement and discovery of the apps via Google Play. The tags, which can either exist a single word or phrase, volition assist determine where the app appears. Also, it volition help the Play Shop know which apps to club along with it.

"Add together tags to your app to assistance Google understand its content and functionality. Tags may affect where your app is displayed on Google Play, and the peer groups you're compared confronting," says the Play Console. Google presents you with 'suggested tags' that chronicle to your app but if yous don't find the one y'all're looking for in the proffer, you could choice ane from the 150 tags Google has pre-listed for you.

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To add tags to your Android app, just open that app in the Play Console and from the left-side menu, you need to navigate to Store presence > Store listing. Here you'll observe a Categorization choice, where you can cull the app blazon, category, and add together tags all at the aforementioned time.

Still, Google stresses the fact that you need to pick the tags virtually relevant to your apps. You lot shouldn't choice random tags and those already selected should exist changed on making major changes to the content or functionality of your app. The tags feature has started rolling out to developers, so if you don't come across it right away, it should be available within the calendar week.