Google Play was known as Android Market when it was released. This was initially released on November 12, 2007, for APIs and SDKs, but later with upcoming milestones this app was made to download applications, by the end of 2007. When it was released, it only had handful of apps, but after couple of years, this became one of the biggest Application Download centers.
2008–2010
SVG NEEDED
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Storopia
Launched:
September 23, 2008
2010–2011
SVG NEEDED
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Storopia
Launched:
December 6, 2010
A new logo for was launched to coincide with the release of Android 2.3 Gingerbread on December 6, 2010.
2011–2012
SVG NEEDED
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Droid Sans
Launched:
October 19, 2011
Google Play
2012–2015
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Catull BQ ("Google") Roboto ("play")
Launched:
March 6, 2012
Android Market was renamed to Google Play in 2012. This logo can still be found on some badges.
2015–2016
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Product Sans
Launched:
September 1, 2015
The previous wordmark was replaced by a new wordmark typed entirely in Product Sans, Google's current logo's font, shortly after Google introduced their current logo in September 2015.
2016–2022
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Product Sans
Launched:
April 4, 2016
The logo was refreshed by giving the play button icon a flat look and saturated and brighter colors closer to Google's more recent color palette. The new icon was introduced on April 4, 2016. The type of Google Play badges (apps, books, etc.) have been combined into just one badge.
2022–present
Designer:
R/GA
Typography:
Product Sans
Launched:
July 25, 2022
As part of its 10th anniversary, Google Play unveiled a new logo on July 25, 2022. The colors are now darker and the gradients are removed to match other services that Google uses along with the symbol being slightly tweaked.
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