diff --git a/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracer.java b/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracer.java
similarity index 96%
rename from gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracer.java
rename to gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracer.java
index b26e3ddc55..7bbe435d8b 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracer.java
+++ b/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracer.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  */
 @BetaApi
 @InternalApi
-public class AppCentricTracer implements ApiTracer {
+public class SpanTracer implements ApiTracer {
   public static final String LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE = "gcp.client.language";
 
   public static final String DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = "Java";
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ public class AppCentricTracer implements ApiTracer {
   private TraceManager.Span attemptHandle;
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new instance of {@code AppCentricTracer}.
+   * Creates a new instance of {@code SpanTracer}.
    *
    * @param traceManager the {@link TraceManager} to use for recording spans
    * @param attemptSpanName the name of the individual attempt spans
    */
-  public AppCentricTracer(
+  public SpanTracer(
       TraceManager traceManager, ApiTracerContext apiTracerContext, String attemptSpanName) {
     this.traceManager = traceManager;
     this.attemptSpanName = attemptSpanName;
diff --git a/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerFactory.java b/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerFactory.java
similarity index 77%
rename from gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerFactory.java
rename to gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerFactory.java
index 06fd14ad0b..b1c4cf2a3f 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerFactory.java
+++ b/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerFactory.java
@@ -35,32 +35,32 @@
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 /**
- * A {@link ApiTracerFactory} to build instances of {@link AppCentricTracer}.
+ * A {@link ApiTracerFactory} to build instances of {@link SpanTracer}.
  *
- * <p>This class wraps the {@link TraceManager} and pass it to {@link AppCentricTracer}. It will be
- * used to record traces in {@link AppCentricTracer}.
+ * <p>This class wraps the {@link TraceManager} and pass it to {@link SpanTracer}. It will be used
+ * to record traces in {@link SpanTracer}.
  *
  * <p>This class is expected to be initialized once during client initialization.
  */
 @BetaApi
 @InternalApi
-public class AppCentricTracerFactory implements ApiTracerFactory {
+public class SpanTracerFactory implements ApiTracerFactory {
   private final TraceManager traceManager;
 
   private final ApiTracerContext apiTracerContext;
 
-  /** Creates a AppCentricTracerFactory */
-  public AppCentricTracerFactory(TraceManager traceManager) {
+  /** Creates a SpanTracerFactory */
+  public SpanTracerFactory(TraceManager traceManager) {
     this(traceManager, ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().build());
   }
 
   /**
-   * Pass in a Map of client level attributes which will be added to every single AppCentricTracer
-   * created from the ApiTracerFactory. This is package private since span attributes are determined
+   * Pass in a Map of client level attributes which will be added to every single SpanTracer created
+   * from the ApiTracerFactory. This is package private since span attributes are determined
    * internally.
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
-  AppCentricTracerFactory(TraceManager traceManager, ApiTracerContext apiTracerContext) {
+  SpanTracerFactory(TraceManager traceManager, ApiTracerContext apiTracerContext) {
     this.traceManager = traceManager;
     this.apiTracerContext = apiTracerContext;
   }
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ public ApiTracer newTracer(ApiTracer parent, SpanName spanName, OperationType op
     // feature is developed.
     String attemptSpanName = spanName.getClientName() + "/" + spanName.getMethodName() + "/attempt";
 
-    AppCentricTracer appCentricTracer =
-        new AppCentricTracer(traceManager, this.apiTracerContext, attemptSpanName);
-    return appCentricTracer;
+    SpanTracer spanTracer = new SpanTracer(traceManager, this.apiTracerContext, attemptSpanName);
+    return spanTracer;
   }
 
   @Override
   public ApiTracerFactory withContext(ApiTracerContext context) {
-    return new AppCentricTracerFactory(traceManager, context);
+    return new SpanTracerFactory(traceManager, context);
   }
 }
diff --git a/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerFactoryTest.java b/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerFactoryTest.java
similarity index 92%
rename from gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerFactoryTest.java
rename to gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerFactoryTest.java
index 918d787da9..7ea5efa631 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerFactoryTest.java
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
-class AppCentricTracerFactoryTest {
+class SpanTracerFactoryTest {
 
   @Test
   void testNewTracer_createsOpenTelemetryTracingTracer() {
     TraceManager recorder = mock(TraceManager.class);
     when(recorder.createSpan(anyString(), anyMap())).thenReturn(mock(TraceManager.Span.class));
 
-    AppCentricTracerFactory factory = new AppCentricTracerFactory(recorder);
+    SpanTracerFactory factory = new SpanTracerFactory(recorder);
     ApiTracer tracer =
         factory.newTracer(
             null, SpanName.of("service", "method"), ApiTracerFactory.OperationType.Unary);
-    assertThat(tracer).isInstanceOf(AppCentricTracer.class);
+    assertThat(tracer).isInstanceOf(SpanTracer.class);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void testNewTracer_addsAttributes() {
     when(recorder.createSpan(anyString(), anyMap())).thenReturn(attemptHandle);
 
     ApiTracerFactory factory =
-        new AppCentricTracerFactory(recorder, ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().build());
+        new SpanTracerFactory(recorder, ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().build());
     factory =
         factory.withContext(ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().setServerAddress("test-address").build());
     ApiTracer tracer =
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void testWithContext_addsInferredAttributes() {
     ApiTracerContext context =
         ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().setServerAddress("example.com").build();
 
-    AppCentricTracerFactory factory = new AppCentricTracerFactory(recorder);
+    SpanTracerFactory factory = new SpanTracerFactory(recorder);
     ApiTracerFactory factoryWithContext = factory.withContext(context);
 
     ApiTracer tracer =
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void testWithContext_noEndpointContext_doesNotAddAttributes() {
 
     ApiTracerContext context = ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().build();
 
-    AppCentricTracerFactory factory = new AppCentricTracerFactory(recorder);
+    SpanTracerFactory factory = new SpanTracerFactory(recorder);
     ApiTracerFactory factoryWithContext = factory.withContext(context);
 
     ApiTracer tracer =
diff --git a/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerTest.java b/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerTest.java
similarity index 91%
rename from gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerTest.java
rename to gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerTest.java
index bc9995da74..23568cce43 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/AppCentricTracerTest.java
+++ b/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/tracing/SpanTracerTest.java
@@ -44,16 +44,15 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
-class AppCentricTracerTest {
+class SpanTracerTest {
   @Mock private TraceManager recorder;
   @Mock private TraceManager.Span attemptHandle;
-  private AppCentricTracer tracer;
+  private SpanTracer tracer;
   private static final String ATTEMPT_SPAN_NAME = "Service/Method/attempt";
 
   @BeforeEach
   void setUp() {
-    tracer =
-        new AppCentricTracer(recorder, ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().build(), ATTEMPT_SPAN_NAME);
+    tracer = new SpanTracer(recorder, ApiTracerContext.newBuilder().build(), ATTEMPT_SPAN_NAME);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -75,6 +74,6 @@ void testAttemptStarted_includesLanguageAttribute() {
     verify(recorder).createSpan(eq(ATTEMPT_SPAN_NAME), attributesCaptor.capture());
 
     assertThat(attributesCaptor.getValue())
-        .containsEntry(AppCentricTracer.LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE, AppCentricTracer.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
+        .containsEntry(SpanTracer.LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE, SpanTracer.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
   }
 }
diff --git a/java-showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITOtelTracing.java b/java-showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITOtelTracing.java
index cf1acfed54..7d5dca49dd 100644
--- a/java-showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITOtelTracing.java
+++ b/java-showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITOtelTracing.java
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import com.google.api.gax.tracing.AppCentricAttributes;
-import com.google.api.gax.tracing.AppCentricTracer;
-import com.google.api.gax.tracing.AppCentricTracerFactory;
 import com.google.api.gax.tracing.OpenTelemetryTraceManager;
+import com.google.api.gax.tracing.SpanTracer;
+import com.google.api.gax.tracing.SpanTracerFactory;
 import com.google.showcase.v1beta1.EchoClient;
 import com.google.showcase.v1beta1.EchoRequest;
 import com.google.showcase.v1beta1.it.util.TestClientInitializer;
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ void tearDown() {
 
   @Test
   void testTracing_successfulEcho_grpc() throws Exception {
-    AppCentricTracerFactory tracingFactory =
-        new AppCentricTracerFactory(new OpenTelemetryTraceManager(openTelemetrySdk));
+    SpanTracerFactory tracingFactory =
+        new SpanTracerFactory(new OpenTelemetryTraceManager(openTelemetrySdk));
 
     try (EchoClient client =
         TestClientInitializer.createGrpcEchoClientOpentelemetry(tracingFactory)) {
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ void testTracing_successfulEcho_grpc() throws Exception {
       assertThat(
               attemptSpan
                   .getAttributes()
-                  .get(AttributeKey.stringKey(AppCentricTracer.LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE)))
-          .isEqualTo(AppCentricTracer.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
+                  .get(AttributeKey.stringKey(SpanTracer.LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE)))
+          .isEqualTo(SpanTracer.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
       assertThat(
               attemptSpan
                   .getAttributes()
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ void testTracing_successfulEcho_grpc() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   void testTracing_successfulEcho_httpjson() throws Exception {
-    AppCentricTracerFactory tracingFactory =
-        new AppCentricTracerFactory(new OpenTelemetryTraceManager(openTelemetrySdk));
+    SpanTracerFactory tracingFactory =
+        new SpanTracerFactory(new OpenTelemetryTraceManager(openTelemetrySdk));
 
     try (EchoClient client =
         TestClientInitializer.createHttpJsonEchoClientOpentelemetry(tracingFactory)) {
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ void testTracing_successfulEcho_httpjson() throws Exception {
       assertThat(
               attemptSpan
                   .getAttributes()
-                  .get(AttributeKey.stringKey(AppCentricTracer.LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE)))
-          .isEqualTo(AppCentricTracer.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
+                  .get(AttributeKey.stringKey(SpanTracer.LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE)))
+          .isEqualTo(SpanTracer.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE);
       assertThat(
               attemptSpan
                   .getAttributes()