Google Play
digital software distribution platform from Google
Google Play (also known as Play store) 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.
 Logo used since August 17, 2022 | |
| Developer(s) | |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 23, 2008 (as Android Market) March 6, 2012 (as Google Play) |
| Platform | Android, Android TV, Wear OS, ChromeOS, Web |
| Type | Digital distribution, app store, mobile game store, video on demand (until November 2021), ebook store Online music store (until November 2021) |
| Website | play |
Google Play also sold Google hardware devices, until 2015 when Google started a new Google Store for that.
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