THE FAMOUS GOOGLE PLAY!!!

What is Google Play?

Google Play, which was originally born and referred to by Google as the Android Market, is Google's official store and portal for Android apps, games and other content for your Android-powered phone or tablet. Just as Apple has its App Store, Google has the Google Play Store. It's a huge place and it offers a lot of content to its users, but don't worry, though. Android Central is here to help.

       The featured stories that should help answer all your questions about the Play Store and get you well on your way to discovering all the great content and how to best find it and get it on your Android device. Applications are available through Google Play either free of charge or at a cost. They can be downloaded directly to an Android or Google TV device through the Play Store mobile app, or by deploying the application to a device from the Google Play website. Many applications can be targeted to specific users based on a particular hardware attribute of their device, such as a motion sensor (for motion-dependent games) or a front-facing camera (for online video calling).

      The Android Market was announced by Google on August 28, 2008, and was made available to users on October 22. Support for paid applications was introduced on 13 February 2009 for developers in the United States and the United Kingdom, with support expanded to an additional 29 countries on 30 September 2010. In December 2010, content filtering was added to the Android Market and reduced the purchase refund window from 24–48 hours to fifteen minutes.

      On 6 March 2012, the Android Market was re-branded as Google Play. On 2 May 2012, Google rolled out direct carrier billing for music, movies and books. On 24 May 2012, Google introduced in-app subscriptions to Google Play. On 12 July 2012, Google released update 3.8.15 which added Application Encryption functionality to help reduce application piracy. Since this update, many developers have noted compatibility issues causing various third-party widgets and keyboards to disappear after phone reboots or connecting to USB storage. Currently, a fix is planned for a future release of Android OS.

      

  And as we know today most of us are not the Apple user. Since, google giving us this facilities we should be able to use it wise. Have a nice day!