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A few weeks back, Google let it be known that in-app billing was coming to the platform. Now, the Big G is letting developers take a closer look at the system during a closed test. App devs will be able to upload in-app content and set a price for testing the system. Google says it will work for the developers just like it will for users when the service launches.
Apple's iOS platform has had in-app content purchases for over a year now, and developers have found it to be very lucrative. This can be an efficient way to offer a free app while still making a profit. Currently, many Android apps have companion apps in the Market that simply add new functionality to the original app. Presumably, the in-app purchase system will eliminate this confusing practice.
These in-developement apps testing the feature won't go live on the Market for everyone, but it shouldn't be long. The full in-app purchase system is expected to go live next week. How do you think this will affect the Android platform?
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Zoandar
March 26, 2011 at 6:49pm
I would think it will reduce the number of "app listings" that aren't really for "different apps", so that would be a good thing. The Android Market is a nightmare to browse, with all the repeated listings and, to put it bluntly, trash listings. This might improve things a bit. Then if they would just include a boolean filter in the search..............
