Google Play Pass has finally launch in India. The Google Play Pass comes in India after two years its launch in the US. Subscription-based paid service brings access to apps and games on Android, without ads and in-app purchases.
Google offers Play Pass to consumers in monthly and yearly subscription options, through which they get access to a list of apps and games.
This service rivals Apple Arcade that provides a similar ad-free experience on a range of games available specifically for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and Apple TV.
Google announce that Play Pass will be roll out to Android devices in India this week.
The service offers a curate collection of over 1,000 titles across 41 categories from developers across 59 countries.
Play Pass also includes 15 titles from Indian developers to begin with.
These include games such as Jungle Adventures from Render Ideas and World Cricket Battle 2 from Creative Monkey Games.
Google said that it would continue to work with global and local developers to add new games and apps to Play Pass every month.
Developers have also been provide with a dedicated webpage from where they can nominate their titles for the service.
How to Get Google Play Pass in India?
Users can get Google Play Pass in India with a one-month trial and subscribe to it at Rs. 99 a month or Rs. 889 a year.
This service is also available as a prepaid one-month subscription at Rs. 109.
Users who have a Google family group can share their Play Pass subscription with up to five other family members.
When Google Play Pass is roll out then you can start its free trial by opening the Play Store on your Android device, tapping on the profile icon from the top-right corner, and then selecting the Play Pass option.
It is important to note that Play Pass works with devices that are running on at least Android 4.4 and have Google Play app version 16.6.25.
Subscribers see the dedicated Play Pass tab on Google Play for quickly accessing the collection of apps and games available through the paid service.
The Play Pass ‘ticket’ also appears on the app listings when browsing titles on the Play store.
Introduce in the US back in September 2019, Google Play Pass is design as Google’s answer to Apple Arcade that works in a similar fashion.
Aditya Swamy, Director, Play Partnerships, Google India, Said :
“With the launch of Play Pass in India, we are excited to offer a robust collection of unlocked titles to our users and looking forward to partnering with more local developers to build amazing experiences users love,”.
While Google Play Pass does give the ad-free experience on various popular apps and games, there are still a large number of titles available on Google Play that require users to have individual subscriptions and in-app purchases.
Google Play Pass gives an opportunity to small-scale developers to get global exposure as the service is currently available in 90 countries across the world.
The exact number of Play Pass subscribers has not yet been reveale by Google.
