News Google pauses enforcement of Play Store in-app billing system in India, but there’s a caveat As a result of the recent CCI order, Google has paused the enforcement of its mandatory Play Store in-app billing policy in India Sarvesh MathiNovember 1, 2022
News Deep Dive: Understanding India’s antitrust rulings against Google Android and Play Store We talked to lawyers and other experts to understand the nuances in the CCI orders against Google's Android OS and Play Store Sarvesh MathiOctober 31, 2022
News Google plans to appeal India antitrust order that directs major changes to Android CCI imposed a penalty of ₹1338 crores (~$162 million) on Google for abusing its dominant position in the five markets related to Android Sarvesh MathiOctober 31, 2022
News India orders Google Play Store to allow developers to use third party billing systems, not impose disproportionate fees, and more CCI concluded its investigation into Google, fining the company ₹936 crores and ordering it to implement a list of changes to the Play Store Sarvesh MathiOctober 25, 2022
News Google finally approves Trump’s Truth Social app for Play Store: here’s why the delay was strange Google hadn't approved Trump's Truth Social app for distribution on Play Store earlier because of unsatisfactory content moderation Sarvesh MathiOctober 13, 2022
News Google To Launch Its Rewards System “Play Points” In India Google has announced a "Play Points" rewards system on its app store to incentivize purchases in apps and on its Play Store Akshit ChawlaOctober 11, 2022
News Google Play Store: What are the new commission rates under the User Choice Billing program? Earlier in September, Google expanded its “User Choice Billing” pilot program to India and a few other countries, allowing non-gaming apps on Play Store... Sarvesh MathiSeptember 19, 2022
News Indonesia’s competition watchdog launches investigation into Google Play Store The Indonesia Competition Commission (ICC) on September 16 launched an investigation into Google Play Store alleging 'unfair trade practices' Sarvesh MathiSeptember 16, 2022
News RBI Will Issue Whitelist of Lending Apps Allowed On Google Play and Apple App Store: Finance Ministry RBI will prepare a whitelist of legal lending apps and MeitY will ensure that only these apps are hosted on Google Play and Apple... Sarvesh MathiSeptember 9, 2022
News Google Play to allow rummy and fantasy sports apps on a pilot basis: here’s all you need to know Google on September 7 launched a pilot program allowing rummy and daily fantasy sports (DFS) apps on Play Store in India. The pilot will run... Sarvesh MathiSeptember 8, 2022