Google is rolling out a series of updates to the Play Store, including tools that make it easier easier to manage your apps on an Android device.
Clean up “My Apps”
First up is the ability to remove apps from the “My Apps” section. This is a feature that’s been sorely missing for a long time.
Basically, every time you install an Android app on any phone, tablet, or other device, it gets added to your My Apps section. It stays there even if you uninstall the app and never use it again.
If, like me, you’ve installed hundreds or even thousands of apps over the past few years, but only regularly use a few dozen, this means you’ve probably got a very long and confusing My Apps list.
Now you can long-press any app that’s not currently installed to bring up a dialog that lets you remove it from the list. You can select multiple apps to remove by long-pressing one, then tapping as many additional apps as you’d like before hitting the box to delete them.
Wishlist
Google is slowly rolling out a new feature that lets you add apps to a wishlist. That way you can tag apps that you’re not ready to install right now, but which you may want to find again later.
This can come in handy if you’re looking at paid apps but you don’t have the cash to spend on them at the moment — or if you want to keep an eye on apps to see if the prices drop in the future.
Once you’ve added items to your wishlist, you can view them by choosing the wishlist option from the Play Store menu on your mobile device.
Whatever you use want to use a wishlist for, your wish is soon to be Google’s command. The feature is rolling out to some users already and should be more widely available soon.
via Android Police
Google Calendar app
Google Calendar has been baked into the Android operating system since it was first released. But if you have a device where the manufacturer or wireless carrier has removed or replaced the app, now you can install it manually.
The new Google Calendar app is available as a free download from the Play Store and supports Android 4.0.3 and later.
The wishlist is an awesome addition especially if u use it to download apps once u are on wifi so u dont use ur carriers data. the only problem with that is I forget to download the apps after im on wifi so I would like to see either a reminder check box once on wifi or an automatic download option once on wifi.
plz help I need to update my games on my hudl but I don’t know how to do it on google play
no multiple install for those phone who dont sync all the apps automatically. That is really bad for a big company like google.
“Now you can long-press any app that’s not currently installed to bring up a dialog that lets you remove it from the list. You can select multiple apps to remove by long-pressing one, then tapping as many additional apps as you’d like before hitting the box to delete them.” this is exactly what i needed. an instant removal for multiple apps. but the long-press not working +_+
The same on my device. I need to press that small button on the right for each app.
geat, then please add also the “remove device” function.
I had some firmware updates and now my tablet is showed doubled in device list.
This bugged me too until I found out the function’s already there, though it’s well-hidden. Here are the steps:
1. Log in at play.google.com.
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click “My Orders & Settings”.
3. Near the top left, under “My Account”, click the “SETTINGS” tab.
4. Here you can hide devices from showing up in your device list in the market, and even give them custom names via the “Edit” option to the right.
Hope this is what you were looking for.
Edited to add: Here’s a link directly to the My Account page, it’ll save you a step or two. https://play.google.com/store/account
I want a “remove” feature, not a “hide” feature.
The calendar could use a bit more granuality on repeated events. Right now i can set daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. But i can’t set it to, say, every other week.