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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Android Developer Story: StoryToys finds success in the ‘Family’ section on Google Play


Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team


Based in Dublin, Ireland, href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8762313232916265908">StoryToys
is a leading publisher of interactive books and games for children. Like most
kids’ app developers, they faced the challenges of engaging with the right
audiences to get their content discovered. Since the launch of the Family
section on Google Play, StoryToys has experienced an uplift of 270% in revenue
and an increase of 1300% in downloads.


Hear Emmet O’Neill, Chief Product Officer, and Gavin Barrett, Commercial
Director, discuss how the Family section creates a trusted and creative space
for families to find new content. Also hear how beta testing, localized pricing
and more, has allowed StoryToy’s flagship app, href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.storytoys.myveryhungrycaterpillar.free.android.googleplay">My
Very Hungry Caterpillar, to significantly increase engagement and revenue.



href="https://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/families/about.html">Learn
more about Google Play for Families and href="http://g.co/play/playbook-androiddevblogposts-evergreen">get the Playbook
for Developers app to stay up-to-date with more features and best practices
that will help you grow a successful business on Google Play.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Android Developer Story: Culture Alley reaches millions of English learners on Google Play

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team


href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Culture%20Alley&hl=en_GB">Culture
Alley developed the app href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CultureAlley.japanese.english&hl=en_GB&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">Hello
English to help Indians learn English through gamification, supporting over
15 dialects. More than 13 million people now use Hello English in India and
around the world.


Hear Nishant Patni, Founder & CEO and Pranshu Bhandari, Co-Founder, explain how
they optimized the app to address challenges faced by emerging markets. Learn
how they used various Google Play tools to address varying levels of
connectivity and device capabilities, and improve user retention.



href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Google_Inc_The_Building_for_Billions_Playbook_for?id=cJEjDAAAQBAJ&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">Learn
more best practices about building for billions and href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfwHq8w9GBc&list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc_ElGrEtiEXc83m1SeYu3-Q&index=11">watch
the ‘10 tips to build an app for billions of users’ video to get more tips.
Also, get the
Playbook for Developers app and stay up-to-date with more features and best
practices that will help you grow a successful business on Google Play.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Android Developer Story: Sendy uses Google Play features to build for the next billion users

Android Developer Story: Sendy uses Google Play features to build for the next billion users

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team



href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sendy.co.ke.sendyy&hl=en&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">Sendy
is a door to door on-demand couriering platform founded in Nairobi, Kenya. It
connects customers and logistics providers, providing two unique apps, one for
the driver and one for the customer. Watch CEO & Co-founder, Meshack Alloys, and
Android Developer, Jason Rogena, explain how they use Developer Console
features, such as alpha and beta testing, as well as other tips and best
practices, to build for the next billion users.






href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Google_Inc_The_Building_for_Billions_Playbook_for?id=cJEjDAAAQBAJ&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">Learn
more about building for billions and get more tips to grow your games
business by href="https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.apps.secrets">opting-in
to the Playbook app beta and href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.secrets&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">download
the Playbook app in the Google Play Store.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Android Developer Story: Video editing app WeVideo increases user engagement with material design

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team



WeVideo is a video editing platform founded on a vision to make video creation accessible to anyone, anywhere. They first launched the popular WeVideo Video Editor app for Android, and since the latest update to the app, revenue on the platform has doubled every two months. In fact, almost 85% of their mobile users are on Android devices.



Watch Krishna Menon, President & CTO, and Oleg Tsaregorodtsev, Head of Mobile Development at WeVideo, explain how relaunching their app with material design increased user engagement by 100%. They also share how WeVideo improved monetization and installs using ratings & reviews, store listing experiments, and other features on Google Play.





Find out more about material design principles, and, learn how to find success on Google Play.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Android Developer Story: RogerVoice takes advantage of beta testing to launch its app on Android first

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Google Play team



RogerVoice is an app which enables people who are hearing impaired to make phone calls through voice recognition and text captions. Founded by Olivier Jeannel, who grew up with more than 80 percent hearing loss, the company successfully raised $35,000 through Kickstarter to get off the ground. Today the team publicly released the app on the Android platform first.



The team behind RogerVoice talk about how material design and beta testing helped them create an interface which is accessible and intuitive to navigate for users.







Learn more about how RogerVoice built its app with the help of Google Play features:



  • Material Design: How Material Design helps you create beautiful, engaging apps.

  • Beta testing: Learn more about using beta testing on Google Play for your app.

  • Developer Console: Make the most of the Google Play Developer Console to publish your apps and grow and engage your user base.

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