Google has just announced support for third-party 'User Choice' app billing. Spotify will be first in this project.
Apps like Spotify, Netflix, and others on Android have been taking payments from users directly, thus making it impossible for Google to collect a fee on such purchases. 97% of apps were already using Google Play for payments, but not all of them. Because of that, a couple of years ago, Google announced a new requirement that would force the remaining 3% of apps to use Google's own Play Billing system on Android.
A small number of developers will get the option to offer an additional billing option next to Google Play's billing systems. Pretty much, this change aims at giving users choice as to how they want to pay, while at the same time, still allowing Google to maintain its ability to invest in the ecosystem. Using Google Play's billing system, of course, leads to Google taking a commission on purchases.
Now, onto the project. Spotify will, as we already mentioned, be the first partner to offer User Choice Billing to Android users. It needs some time to build the functionality though, so this won't happen overnight. In the future, Android users on Spotify will see Google Play Billing as an in-app option, alongside Spotify's payment system.
We expect the first iteration of the User Choice Billing in Spotify to be released later this year. However, there is no concrete date to it as of now, so you may have to wait a little bit for it.
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