Billing

The Billing section of the Google Play Store helps Android users to manage all their app subscriptions in one place. Android users can access this section from the account menu in the Google Play Store app. The “Subscriptions” section is available under the “Payments & subscriptions,” option. This section includes the user's full list of subscriptions. It also includes information like the ability to cancel subscriptions, update your primary payment method and set up a backup method. A new bug in Play Store is…

Walt Disney has approached a court in India in an ongoing legal challenge against Google's in-app billing system, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.In May, the country's competition watchdog started an inquiry into Google after some companies alleged the service fee the US firm charges for in-app payments breaches an earlier antitrust directive.Google, which counts India as a key growth market, had earlier said the service fee supports investments in the Google Play app store and the Android mobile…

It’s a bleak prognosis for healthcare startup Mojocare. The company’s board may delve deeper into the forensic audit report this month, and decide whether to shut shop and return the money to investors. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Swiggy joins co-branded credit card rush■ Online gaming firms plan to discuss rules with states■ Nasscom, IndiaTech call out Delhi’s EV transition Mojocare board to decide on shutting shop, returning money to investors Mojocare founders Rajat…

Four more companies — streaming player Altt, audiobook portal Pratilipi, art and design platform Crafto and Tamil publisher Ananda Vikatan — have approached the Madras High Court seeking relief against Google's payment policy implementation.Several companies including Matrimony.com, Shaadi.com, Unacademy, Kuku FM and TrulyMadly had earlier approached the high court, challenging Google’s notice asking them to either adopt the company’s mandated billing route or risk being removed from its Play Store."It is clear that…

Several startups including Unacademy, Kuku FM, TrulyMadly and QuackQuack have moved the Madras High Court challenging Google’s notice asking them to either adopt the company’s mandated billing route or risk being removed from its Play Store, people aware of the development said.These companies join the likes of Matrimony.com and Shaadi.com which have already approached the high court challenging Google’s billing policies and seeking relief.Matrimony.com chief executive Murugavel Janakiraman told ET that Google has been…

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From Pope Francis, with his modest 18.8 million followers, to Justin Bieber, with 113 million, several celebrities and other notable personalities lost Twitter’s coveted legacy blue tick on Thursday. After a few weeks’ delay, the Elon Musk-led microblogging platform went ahead with the planned move, which seeks to make people pay for the verification badge. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter: ■ Google asks apps to use its billing system outside India■ ETtech Deals Digest■ Job cuts in India just a…

Apple has announced that soon it will be easier than ever for you to resolve payment issues, so they can stay subscribed to content, services, and premium features. Starting this summer, if an auto-renewable subscription doesn’t renew due to a billing issue, a system-provided sheet appears in the app with a prompt that lets customers update their payment method for their Apple ID.  No action is required to adopt this feature. Starting today, developers can get familiar with the sheet in Sandbox. Developers…

Google is asking Indian app developers to mandatorily use its Google Play Billing System (GPBS) in territories outside India, failing which their apps will be delisted from Google Play Store in 14 days, founder of Shaadi.com’s parent company People Group Anupam Mittal said. In a tweet, Mittal said: “Received a call from @Google today mandating their payments for Indian developers in continued violation & disregard of @CCI_India orders & Indian laws. Neo-colonialism at its worst! Hope the media, courts &…

Apple has issued a note to developers to explain a new feature that will make it easier for people to deal with App Store payment issues without having to delve into the Settings app to do it.Currently, people who have a billing problem when making a subscription payment are left with no option but to go and find the issue and fix it themselves in the Settings app. That's all changing so long as those people are using iOS 16.4 or iPadOS 16.4 or later.Apple also says that there is no need for app developers to do anything…