Google is believed to be creating an app for the Play Retailer known as Cubes. First found earlier this yr, in February Google Information Telegram stated “All we now have for the time being is a shortcut that opens up a clean web page and a ‘Cubes entry level widget’. That stated, each the shortcut and the widget are a part of the Play Retailer app.” Android Police now says that the Cubes app could possibly be a central hub that shall be used to find new apps throughout all kinds of classes.
In different phrases, the Cubes app might assist customers discover new apps to put in primarily based on the class of apps already put in on the cellphone. Google Information Telegram editor Nail Sadykov writes, “My assumption is that Cubes would be the type of ‘leisure heart’ the place bought films, video games and books shall be saved. I is likely to be mistaken, although.” Sadykov’s assumption could possibly be a great one.
There’s a Settings web page that has an inventory of “Cubes.” That checklist contains:
- Watch
- Social
- Procuring
- Pay attention
- Video games
- Learn
- Meals
- Sandcube
The instructions say to “organize the order of your Cubes and handle the apps inside every of them.” Opening the Watch Dice, with it toggled on, the instructions learn, “Choose which apps to see content material from on this Dice.” Code tipster AssembleDebug found that customers will be capable to store from Cubes though it is not clear what Android customers will be capable to go purchasing for with the app. One chance can be paid-apps.
When Cubes was first noticed in January of this yr, the app was simply an overview that did not function clue about what the app was designed to do. The UI has been fleshed out a bit since however there isn’t any content material within the app but for the reason that backend has but to be made public.
Google has a behavior of testing issues after which, with out giving freely an excessive amount of details about what was being examined, taking out the mission utterly. Proper now, Cubes is alive and effectively though we don’t know when Google will get to that time the place it’s presupposed to tell us what Cubes is and what it’ll do for Android customers.