Google is finally opening the Play Store to outside payments
Google is updating Play Store policies to allow external billing and lower fees for developers.
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📍 How it ended
Google opened the Play Store to external billing in the US, UK, and Europe. The company lowered Play Store fees and expanded billing choices for game developers to fulfill an Epic Games settlement.
Epilogue added 15d ago, after coverage quieted.
The brief
Google is opening the Play Store to outside payments and external billing. These changes, which include lower fees for game developers, are scheduled to take effect next week in the US, UK, and Europe, with fee reductions extending worldwide.
Coverage from The Verge, Ars Technica, and 9to5Google emphasizes that these updates are part of Google making good on an Epic Games settlement. AppleInsider notes that these new payment policies could serve as a preview for potential changes to Apple platforms.
Future developments involve the implementation of these billing choices and whether these changes will result in lower costs for users, as questioned by How-To Geek.
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Quick answers
Where will external billing first be available?
According to 9to5Google, external billing will be available in the US, UK, and Europe next week.
Why is Google changing its Play Store payment policies?
Ars Technica reports that Google is making good on a settlement with Epic Games.
Are fees being reduced for all developers?
MacRumors reports that Google is lowering Play Store fees worldwide, while GamesBeat specifies expanded billing choices and lower fees for game developers.
Coverage (9)
- Google's Play Store billing shake-up is finally happening next week Android Police · 28d ago
- Google opens the Play Store to external billing in the US, UK, and Europe next week 9to5Google · 28d ago
- Google Lowering Play Store Fees and Allowing Alternative Payments Worldwide MacRumors · 28d ago
- Google's new payment policies are a preview of what could come to Apple platforms AppleInsider · 28d ago
- Google Play offers expanded billing choices and lower fees for game devs GamesBeat · 28d ago
- Android app purchases are changing as Google Play opens up billing options Android Authority · 28d ago
- You'll soon have more ways to pay in Android apps— but will you pay less? How-To Geek · 28d ago
- Google starts lowering Play Store fees, making good on Epic Games settlement Ars Technica · 28d ago
- Google is finally opening the Play Store to outside payments The Verge · 28d ago
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