Apple to Add Search Tips to the App Store
Apple is testing the suggestions in the App Store searches
As you may have noticed in recent years, great importance is given to search suggestions when we are willing to search for information on a particular topic. As Google already does in its search engine, when we start to write a word in the search field, some suggestions appear instantly in relation to what users have searched for most in relation to that word.
Something similar seems to be trying out Apple for its app store search engine, the App Store. According to Olga Osadcha of Time Planner, the app company has started testing the related search suggestions .
So we can see in the screenshots below that when we search for the name of an application, we’ll see at the top of our iOS device’s screen (just below the search field) a horizontal bar with a series of application names related to what we’ve inserted into the search engine.
In the image above we can see a clear example of what Apple is trying to achieve with this new feature of the App Store. For example, when we are looking for a calendar-related application, we will see several suggestions such as “Calenndar Planner”, “Daily Planner”, among other options . If you want to see more suggestions, you can slide your finger from right to left to discover other related searches.
New App Store search suggestions will go further
In addition, according to the source, the suggestions will not be limited to names of applications, as Apple may incorporate theme-related search suggestions . For example, if we insert the word “Twitter” in the search field, we may see, in addition to some applications to manage our Twitter account, alternative applications related to similar news items.
At the moment it seems that this new function is being tested by a very small group of users, so it is not yet available to the general public, although as the guys at MacRumors say, this function could be available to all users very soon .
In addition, everything indicates that no software update will be necessary , as Apple plans to directly incorporate related search suggestions into the current version of the App Store.
It seems that Apple has been working on improving the service of its app store in the last weeks, let’s remember that it recently incorporated new sections of the App Store such as independent games for iPad and iPhone and the best apps to make Selfies.
What do you think about this new function, Do you think it would be useful to discover new applications?