Focus on iOS 8: what will change in the App Store

During theconference of 2
Junelast, Apple lifted the veil on many new features that we
you discover every day innos focus IOS 8.

Today we are going to the App Store
tackle.If on the design side, nothing should be disrupted this year,
many highly anticipated new features will appear.

Developers and users alike should find something to suit them
:

Simplify the App Store for users

In line withwhat has
started this morning, Apple wants to help us find more easily
applications we need. This is howa tab
‘explore’will appear on the App Store instead of
the 'Nearby' tab.

Thanks to it it will be possible to browse much more easily the
categories and subcategories of the application store. This one
will scroll from bottom to top to display and scroll the most popular apps
popular in each section.

Still the same spirit‘Trending searches’will be
also in the game. Like what we know on Twitter, it will be
then possible to discover the current trends in terms of
d’applications.

To bring more fluidity to your store and to make it ever more
pleasant to use,Apple has chosen to review the results of
research. Today, when looking for an application on
the App Store, you have to scroll through small cards that are not really practical or
ergonomic.

With iOS 8, the small cards disappear to make way for one
list to scroll from bottom to top. Each result reveals, the
title, editor, note, a download button and two images in order to
present the application. It's easy to imagine that a simple touch should be enough.
to switch the user to the complete file.

On the same screen, at the top,related searches
once again simplify the user's task and allow him
to find its way to the shelves of the App Store

The App Store on the developer side

Developers are also entitled to their new features this
year.

This is how the 'Bundles' will arrive on the App Store. Users
will then be able to purchase app packs at attractive prices. It will be a good
way for developers to make their work more known and to
offer popular apps alongside others that are a little less popular. Good
business on one side, more sales on the other, everyone wins!

Even more interesting is what Apple calls 'App Preview. In addition to
images, developers who wish can decide to create a
short video to make it appear in the App Store. This is what should
allow you to better understand what the apps are before
to buy.

Let's finish with testflihght. Testflight is a service widely used by
developer andApple
just bought back. Thanks to it, a developer can send
easily a beta version to a tester and receive observations,
corrections to be made.

With iOS 8, Testflight, which was previously a web App, is fully integrated into
the App Store and therefore more generally to the system. Sending and managing
beta versions should therefore be a little easier

To conclude

Once again, Apple did not want to change everything, but rather improve
the existing. This is how new features will be added to
the App Store to make it easier and more enjoyable to use.