Google updates Android Market app on the phone

Google has face-lifted the Android Market app on the phone. The new design ditches the curvy lines of the previous version and uses a more functional squarish design. The new UI fits more apps and content on the screen at once and uses convenient side swipes for moving between different categories. There are also new categories in the Android Market app, such as staff picks and Editor’s Choice apps.

Also included in the new Market app are Books and Movies, which were separate apps before. Both these services are currently limited to the US but will be made available to select other countries soon. You can rent movies starting from $1.99 and then stream them to your phone or download them for watching later.

The new Android Market will be available to device running Android 2.2 and later and will start rolling out to all the supported handsets in the coming weeks.
source: GSM Arena