Google today announced that it has added PayPal to the list of payment methods available in Google Play. In all, customers in 12 countries, including both Canada and the U.S., will now be able to complete purchases with PayPal. During checkout, PayPal will be listed as one of the options when buying everything from apps, books and games and even music now that Google Play Music is available in Canada.
When you make a purchase on Google Play in these countries, you’ll find PayPal as an option in your Google Wallet; just enter your PayPal account login and you’ll easily be able to make purchases. Our goal is to provide users with a frictionless payment experience, and this new integration is another example of how we work with partners from across the payments industry to deliver this to the user.
As part of the same announcement, Google also announced it has extended carrier billling (a feature already available in Canada for a number of carriers) to seven additional countries, including Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. It now supports this payment method in 24 countries.
Google gift cards are also now available more broadly. They are now available in 13 countries, including Canada, Japan and Germany.
Google’s announcement is in stark contrast to Comixology’s recent announcement to remove payment options available to customers in its apps.
Source : Android Developers