In March this year, we learned that Google would allow third-party apps to use their own payment methods. Now, Spotify is rolling out this method for the first time so that instead of paying with Google Play, it can be done from its platform without leaving the big G app. This option will start rolling out to more markets.
[Google Play se actualiza para que los desarrolladores logren que sus juegos lleguen a más usuarios]
Alternative payment methods
That the method of payment is User choice is vital for good health of the ecosystem of applications and games, and thus put aside these possible monopolies, or duopolies if we count the App Store and the Google Play Store.
Via 9to5Google, we know that the alternative payment option allows Android apps to offer their own payment system instead of the Google Play Billing for all those distributed through the Google Play Store.
Spotify as a payment method
The free Android
Last September, registrations were opened for developers of applications that were not games in the Area European economy, Australia, India, Indonesia and Japan. This means apps can deliver an integrated experience from the Android app itself instead of redirecting users to the website.
That’s to say from the same Google Play app You can choose between its own payment or that offered by the third-party application, as is the case with Spotify and this screenshot in which you can perfectly see how this system will work.
All regions where testing is
The free Android
The same streaming platform is already starting tests in several countries, while next to Google Play Spotify appears as a payment method. An important fact is that apps have to pay Google for services with fees that have been reduced by 4% with UCB.
Google has not stood still and warns that using its own payment system offers constant benefits such as parental controls, family payment methods, subscription management or gift cards plus Play Points.
