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There are several ways to pay for apps and items on the Google Play Store, and Google has just added another one. According to 9To5Google, Google now lets you use your Play Points to pay for items in the store.
Google introduced its Google Play Points back in 2019, and it acts as an incentive to play more games (and spend more money). You accrue points when you make purchases on the Play Store and from different events. It’s Google’s way of awarding you for using its services more.
You can now pay for apps and items using your Play Points
If you wanted to put your Play Points to good use, you’d have to add up to a certain amount and redeem them as a gift card. It’s like most services where you earn points by watching ads and taking surveys. It works, but people have been wanting a more direct way to cash out their points.
Enter Google with its new change. Now, instead of converting your Play Points into a gift card, you can pay for items using the points themselves. This eliminates a step in between, and it lets you use them if you don’t have enough for a gift card. For many, this should be a much more convenient way to use them. And it should save time as you won’t have to worry about that extra step.
How does this system work?
With this system, you can pay for an item outright if you have enough points. However, what if you don’t have enough points? That’s the beauty of this system. If you don’t have enough points to buy it, you can still use them to take money off of the final price.
Every 100 points you use takes a dollar off of the price. That’s great because a lot of in-app purchases are just $.99. One thing that people may worry about is the fact that barely any purchases are exact dollar amounts. Most of them are a cent below ($.99 as opposed to $1). That’s ok, if the item costs, for instance, $4.99, you’ll pay 499 points rather than 500.
