Instead of homescreen widget, now you can launch Google Play Collection using the app shortcut.
First, you can only launch a widget on your homescreen by placing a widget, read, listen, shop and social feed. The smallest configuration was once shown to four shortcuts and app library, with 2 × 1 most compact size. At the other end, the collection can take your entire homescreen directly to show the integrated feed.
Google is now starting to present an app shortcut. When pressing the play store for a long time, “collections” will sometimes appear on the top of my apps. This launches the feed immediately.


Like all other app shortcuts, just pull it on your homescreen to get an icon. This app shortcut also means that you can use a device search like a pixel launcher to bring “collections”.
We are looking at the shortcut to this collection with version 44.8.15 of Google Play Store, but is a server-side component and it is not yet widely rolled.
During this time, Version 44.9 The Play Store will bring a collection for Android 10-12 in the US.
Google announced the collection In July Last year, with a broad American rollout That September,
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