Google's colorful new Play Store update is rolling out as we speak

Waiting around to check out the new look of the Play Store ever since Google announced it was due for a facelift? Well, you can head over to the storefront to check out if you've made it to an early batch, as Google's aesthetically-pleasing Play Store update is rolling out gradually right now. 

The visual update includes larger icons and artwork, new animations, and an overall cleaner look with information laid out in a way that's easier to understand at a glance -- with significantly more scrolling, though. It may be a little different than what you're used to, but it's certainly worth taking a look at. 

Google announced the update via Twitter, with colorful headers denoting the changes with vivid imagery featuring some of the content you can pick up from the Play Store, including Rio 2 and Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence album.

The update should be hitting all individual devices within the next few days, but Engadget reports Android Police has an installer if you just can't wait to check out the fresh coat of paint for the Play Store.  

Let us know if you're already running the redesigned Play Store and how it measures up to your expectations. Anything that streamlines browsing and finding apps, information, and content is going to make life easier, especially if you often find yourself browsing for something new to play or listen. 

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Verizon FiOS rolling out symmetrical upload speeds at no additional charge

Verizon on Monday announced its FiOS Internet service is getting a speed boost. Instead of upping download speeds (which are already plenty fast over the fiber connection), the company is tackling a facet that's often overlooked - upload speeds.

In a rollout that begins today, Verizon is matching its upload speeds to its download speeds for new and existing customers at no extra charge. For example, customers with a 50 Mbps connection previously had an upload speed of 25 Mbps. Following the update, their new upload speed will also be 50 Mbps.

FiOS is rolling out symmetrical upload speeds for customers across the board up to the top 500 Mbps speed tier. At the top speed, a customer could upload 200 photos (1GB) in four seconds, a 1-hour HD movie (3GB) in under 50 seconds and 10GB of data to the cloud in just 2.7 minutes.

While services like Google Fiber may have FiOS beat, that's still a ridiculously fast connection.

Robert Mudge, Verizon's president of consumer and mass business markets and the top FiOS boss, said the upgrade to offer symmetrical upload speeds required an almost insignificant investment on their part. Traditional cable operators, meanwhile, would need to spend a lot more green in order to offer symmetrical upload speeds.

Mudge and others believe that upload speeds will become increasingly more important over the coming years as video chat services and large file sharing in the cloud becomes even more prevalent. Verizon even expects upload traffic to double by the end of 2016.

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