Google Expends Collection Trials Apart From Google Play On Android

Google expands its billing system apart from Google Play on Android (Photo: Google)

JAKARTA - Earlier this year, Google announced that it would expand its collection options on Google Play on Android devices through a trial run to a small number of developers.

The essence of the trial is to convince Google that the best way to offer alternative billing for in-app purchases is to place options in the hands of users.

Test participants can offer additional billing systems in addition to Google Play billing systems for their users in certain countries, with the aim of maintaining a positive user experience.

Google started its trial with Spotify as its first partner, and starting this week Spotify will begin rolling out the initial test implementation of user collection to their users in certain countries.

"We are also pleased that Bumble has joined to partner with us in our user selection billing trial. We are working with their team and we anticipate their users will start seeing this option in apps in certain countries in the coming months," Google wrote on the Android Developer blog. Thursday, November 10.

Additionally, with strong interest from developers around the world, in September Google opened up participation in trials for all non-game app developers, and announced that user selection billing would initially be available to users in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and the European Economic Zone.

"Today we are pleased to announce that based on positive responses and early feedback from developers and users, we are expanding trials to users in the United States, Brazil and South Africa," he added.

While this is still early in trials, Google hopes to share more in the coming months as the company continues to build and launch user selection billing to more users.