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"Shortly after updating its iPhone app and\u00A0launching on the\u00A0iPad, Etsy is finally taking its handmade marketplace to Android\u00A0users.\r\n\r\nDebuting in\u00A0English, French, Dutch and German, Etsy's new Android app should improve its already growing mobile shopping statistics for the holidays.\u00A0Etsy is no stranger to the mobile world, as we've previously detailed; the company claims that 1 in 4 visits to its site come from a mobile device.\r\n\r\nAs you can see below, Etsy's new app\u00A0touts a minimalistic design which doesn't appear to be as refined as its iOS counterpart (on first look), but still seems more than sufficient -- especially in comparison to having no app at all. Etsy for Android also comes\u00A0across as highly buyer-focused (unlike\u00A0recent updates\u00A0to Etsy's iPhone app), and may leave sellers wanting more.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019ve been following Etsy closely, you\u2019ll know that the company recently forked out\u00A0$250k in ads for sellers, thanks to Google\u2019s decision to dump its current Product Search tool in favor of a\u00A0paid-only model\u00A0in the US. How that change will impact Etsy\u2019s bottom line by the end of this year, has yet to be seen.\r\n\r\nGiven that\u00A0nearly 25%\u00A0of\u00A0Etsy\u2019s mobile web visitors come from Android devices, demand for an Android launch has been building up for some time. Now, Android users can finally reap the fruits of Etsy's labors.\r\n\r\nCheck out the app below\u00A0via Google Play.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Etsy for Android"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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