Google is showing off its new developer policies and to make the use of the Third Party App store a lot easier. The announcement addresses recently introduced difficulties in Android app development including a fight over alternate in-app payment systems and difficulties for businesses moving online because of COVID-19.
Android users are already allowed to install the application from a third party store like the Samsung Galaxy app store. Google says that after collecting all the feedback on this they will add some more features to next year’s Android 12 release that will “make it even easier for people to use other app stores on their devices while being careful not to compromise the safety measures Android has in place.” they will disclose some more features with its release.
Complicated Business For Google
The company isn’t ready to relax its grip on in-app payment methods for Play Store apps. The company gave a statement that “all developers selling digital goods in their apps are required to use Google Play’s billing system, ”.
It has been a good staying reason for Epic games, who most installed game Fortnite was kicked out of the play store for using alternative paying methods. Users can only install Fortnite from Epic Games or from any third party app store. There are no chances that Google is going to take it down. Taking Fortnite as an example it is clear that “even if a developer and Google do not agree on business terms the developer can still distribute on the Android platform.”
In Google, there is one particularly complicated business that started letting users sell “virtual” versions of their normal non-digital offerings during the coronavirus pandemic. Some companies including Airbnb and ClassPass has complained about the extra payment of new service fee on IOS.
Apple has already begun to remove this new fee and Google has announced that these businesses don’t need Andriod Google to pay billing in the future. . “We recognize that the global pandemic has resulted in many businesses having to navigate the challenges of moving their physical business to digital and engaging audiences customers in a new way, for example, moving in-person experiences and classes online,” they said in a statement, to which they added, “For the next 12 months, these businesses will not need to comply with our payments policy, and we will continue to reassess the situation over the next year.”
