It's more of a formality than anything, as it's unlikely to impact many users, but for what it's worth, the Play Store-preceding Android Market is dead.
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The Google Play Store, which replaced the Android Market, is now five years old. And it's become more than just a smartphone apps store.
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There’s some speculation going on about the possible evolution of the Google Play Store in time for another Google event — namely, it’s the name of the Google Play Store. It was originally introduced back in 2008 as the Android Market, the name of which was basically a way of conveying a store without saying “store.”
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Update: We saw in the comments of the original post that the user was running Cyanogenmod v. 12, which is compatible with a theme called MaterialUP, available here on the Play Store (still). Gaurav Garg, one of our readers, has been able to achieve the same results with the skin and has posted the screenshots below. Thanks for the support!All that said, it is a surprise in any fashion to have a new moniker for the Google Play Store if there is little evidence from Google ...
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