Google Play

Google Play
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseSeptember 23, 2008 (2008-09-23) (as Android Market)
March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) (as Google Play)
PlatformAndroid, Android TV, Wear OS, ChromeOS, Web
TypeDigital distribution, app store, mobile game store, video on demand (until November 2021), ebook store Online music store (until November 2021)
Websiteplay.google.com

Google Play, (also known as the Google Play Store, Play store, or sometimes the Android Store (and was formerly known as the Android Market)), is a platform by Google. It is a online store for music, books, movies and a few million Android applications. Google formed it in March 2012 by merging four different stores:

  • Android Market, the oldest, was started in October 2008
  • Google Music
  • Google Books
  • Google Movies.

Google Play also sold Google hardware devices, until 2015 when Google started a new Google Store for that.

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