Android Google Play Store Search Tab UI Update Adds New Category Suggestions

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📝 Key Points of This Article

• A minor UI refresh has been introduced to the “Search” tab of the Android “Google Play Store” app.
• The minor UI refresh introduced to the “Search” tab is the “Recommended” category.
• A new list of search keyword categories for apps and games recommended to users has been established.

The “Search” tab was newly established around early August 2024 in the “Google Play Store” app for Android devices, the content store for Android devices.

The “Search” tab of the Android “Google Play Store” app has undergone minor UI refreshes, such as the introduction of colorful icons around August 2025. Now, it appears that another minor UI refresh has been newly introduced.

The minor UI refresh introduced to the “Search” tab of the Android “Google Play Store” app is the “Recommended” category. A list of search keyword categories for apps and games recommended to the user has been newly established in the header section of the “Search” tab.

By tapping any search keyword, apps and games related to that category will be displayed.

As of early January 2026, the “Recommended” category in the “Search” tab of the Android “Google Play Store” app appears to be rolling out in stages.