What is Google Play?
{{Infobox software | name = Google Play | logo = Google_Play_2022_logo.svg | logo size = 185px | logo caption = Logo used since August 17, 2022 | collapsible = yes | developer = [[Google]] | released = {{Start date and age|2008|9|23}} (as Android Market)<br />{{Start date and age|2012|3|6}} (as Google Play) | ver layout = stacked | platform = [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Android TV]], [[Wear OS]], [[ChromeOS]], [[Web application|Web]] | genre = [[Digital distribution]], [[app store]], [[Mobile game|mobile game store]], [[video on demand]] (until November 2021), [[Ebook|ebook store]] [[Online music store]] (until November 2021) | website = {{URL|https://play.google.com}} }} '''Google Play,''' which is also known as the '''Google Play Store,''' '''Play store,''' or sometimes the '''Android Store''' (and was formerly known as the Android Market), is a platform by [[Google]]. It is a online store for music, books, movies and a few million [[Android (operating system)|Android]] [[Application software|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. Google Play also sold Google hardware devices, until 2015 when Google started a new Google Store for that. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Google|Play]]