From its predecessor, the Android Market service launched in 2008, to its name change to Google Play Store in 2012, Google's software market service has been launched for more than 10 years.
If the Android Market launch period is also included, Google's software market service should have been launched for more than 14 years. However, it was renamed Google Play Store in 2012. In fact, it changed from only providing app content downloads and sales to adding additional digital content such as movies, TV series, and e-books to enrich the software market sales items. At the same time, it also added a service for ordering Google-promoted hardware.
Since its launch, the Google Play Store has been available in over 190 countries and markets worldwide, attracting over 25 billion downloads each month. The store has also undergone numerous adjustments, including the renaming of the Google Play Newsstand to Google News in 2018, the removal of Google Music in 2020 and its transition to YouTube Music, and the migration of its original film and television projects to the Google TV app.
Even in the interface part, Google Play Store has adjusted the service logo, operation logic, and content presentation format many times. In addition, it has also added content review and Google Play Protect security scanning for download and use safety. Recently, in response to the requirements of various regions, it has begun to allow developers toUse a third-party payment service to complete the transaction.
In conjunction with the over 10-year anniversary of the Google Play Store service, Google not only announced another adjustment to the Google Play Store logo (mainly adjusting the red, yellow, blue and green colors to the same hues as the Google brand logo, and making the area proportions of the four colors consistent), but also announced a special event through the "Earn" page through Play Points Home, where you can purchase items listed on the Google Play Store within 24 hours and receive 10 times the points in return.
As for Taiwan, Google emphasizes that Taiwan has a rich development ecosystem, and even ranks among the top 5 in the global market in terms of user contribution. Therefore, it has always been valued by the headquarters and has invested a lot of development resources, such as the previous promotion of the PC platform.Google Play GamesWe decided to launch the beta version in Taiwan first to accumulate more practical user experience feedback.
In addition, Google has also actively supported game development in Taiwan. For example, it has participated in and sponsored the Taipei Game Developers Forum since 2015. At the same time, it launched an independent game section on the Google Play Store in 2016 to make more independent games visible. In 2017, it even added a MIT Taiwan-developed game section to allow more Taiwanese games to attract more people to play. Subsequently, through resources such as the Google Level XNUMX Player Program, the Google Play|MIT Developer Website, the Google Play Development Learning Center and the Start on Android Program, more developers can obtain sufficient development opportunities through the Google Play Store.
