Google is adding a swipe-to-confirm step to prevent accidental purchases on the Play Store. This new feature requires users ...

Ever accidentally purchased an app or subscription? Google is now offering a useful tweak to these buy buttons.

American phone carrier US Cellular is discontinuing its participation in Google's Play Store carrier billing initiative. This policy change is effective as of March 25, 2025, though existing users ...

India fined Google $113M for its anticompetitive billing practices back in 2022, a decision Google appealed to a tribunal. The tribunal has now reduced the fine to $25M but upheld the earlier ...

Google has announced ... the exact date of the launch and changes related to the payment of commissions. Alternative payment methods arrive on the Play Store As mentioned earlier, details about ...

Alphabet Inc. pays Samsung Electronics Co. an "enormous sum of money" every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, ...

Consequently, the body is quite convinced that the Play Store Billing policy may impact developers adversely if implemented. In 2020, Google announced that the company would make it mandatory for ...

The change kicks in on March 29, initially only to non-game developers. If developers opt for it, they cannot replace Google Play billing altogether ... to open its app store to more competition.

So-called “User Choice Billing” — which allows app developers to offer users payment providers other than Google Play for purchases — will be available to British users from March 29th ...

Google announced that it's finally allowing developers to choose the billing system they would like to use in apps distributed over Google Play. The change affects UK consumers, but it has also ...