Snap, the third party Google Play Store client for BlackBerry 10 devices has been updated to v3. News of the upcoming update broke out a long time ago (sometime last year) but now, the update is here and in beta form for you to download and sideload. Snap allows you to download and install APKs from the Google Play Store. The app is native and features a lot of the content/UI you would find on the official Google Play Store itself. V3 brings a long list of changes including a revamped UI, the ability to download OBB files and plenty more. Read below to see what you can expect from Snap v3:
Changelog
- Complete rewrite of Snap v2
- New user interface inspired by the latest version of Google Play Store
- Browse more app categories and view suggested apps
- Read app reviews
- Search Snap via BB10 extended search
- Pause and resume downloads
- View screenshots full screen
- Download of additional files (such as .obb)
- Remove apps from “My Apps”
Upcoming Features
- Background service (headless) to check for updates periodically
- Hub Integration
- Download updates in the background
- Setting to Download apps on WiFi only
- Ignore apps from update check (such as Amazon Appstore)
- Update All (downloads all available updates)
- Choose between Bright and Dark theme
Known Issues
- Ability to move APKs after install is not included in this build
- If network becomes unavailable, no notification is made
- After updating an app, it still appears in the My Apps -> Updates screen until app restart
- Only Bright theme is available
- While on app page, Add Bookmark, Share, and Open in Browser currently point to home page of the Google Play web store
- Snap v3 is optimized for Z10, Z30, and Z30. Passport, Classic, and Q10/Q5 layout issues will be resolved in a later Beta build.
- Encoding issues with non-latin character sets.
- “What’s new” missing for apps that have an update available
- On Browse page, when scrolling if accidentally touch the “More” button, it will navigate to that page instead of scrolling.
Remember, this is in beta form so expect the above known issues to occur and some others. You will need to sideload this BAR file using your preffered method. You can read Igor’s tutorial on how to sideload