{"id":282601,"date":"2026-06-26T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/im-trying-to-use-google-play-to-discover-new-apps-one-hidden-feature-made-it-far-easier\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:20:33","slug":"im-trying-to-use-google-play-to-discover-new-apps-one-hidden-feature-made-it-far-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/im-trying-to-use-google-play-to-discover-new-apps-one-hidden-feature-made-it-far-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m trying to use Google Play to discover new apps \u2014 one hidden feature made it far easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/use-google-play-discover-new-apps\/\">I&#8217;m trying to use Google Play to discover new apps \u2014 one hidden feature made it far easier<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/use-google-play-discover-new-apps\/\">https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/use-google-play-discover-new-apps\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-26 12:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidpolice.com\">www.androidpolice.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite being a tech reporter, I&#8217;ve never done a great job at keeping on top of new apps.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve been trying to change, and the Play Store has buried a feature that could make it easier.<\/p>\n<p>While many of my tech peers have stopped relying on Google Play for apps, I&#8217;m trying to get better at discovering new Android games, ultimate productivity apps, and creative tools like photo editors or camera viewfinders.<\/p>\n<p>For ages, I have been frustrated by the lack of one simple feature, which is standard on other software storefronts. Why doesn&#8217;t the Google Play Store have a wishlisting feature, so I can make a list of apps I&#8217;ll want to try in the future?<\/p>\n<p>However, after several weeks of keeping a Notes app list of prospective downloads, I discovered that the Play Store has this function. It&#8217;s just more buried than it should be.<\/p>\n<p>Where the wishlist should be, there&#8217;s the less useful option to install an app on other devices.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;ve found how to use the Play Store wishlist properly, there are loads of ways it&#8217;s boosting my app discovery.<\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\">Related<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t\tGoogle Play is testing a feature to make removing apps from your other devices way easier<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">A simpler way to vanish apps for good<\/p>\n<p>              &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/use-google-play-discover-new-apps\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to use Google Play to discover new apps \u2014 one hidden feature made&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":282602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.anpoimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/06\/play-store-wishlist-play-store-icon.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-282601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282603,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282601\/revisions\/282603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}