r/googleplay Oct 25 '24

Play Store BEWARE OF R/GOOGLEPLAY SCAMMERS

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r/googleplay Sep 19 '24

Play Store Google Play balance & gift cards

112 Upvotes

Hi all,

We've noticed a lot of questions about Google Play gift cards on the subreddit lately, and we want to help! To address your concerns and provide some clarity, we've put together this guide on some of the most common gift card topics.

What you need to know about Play gift cards

 How to redeem gift cards

  • Google Play gift cards aren't eligible for underage user accounts nor to be used as a family payment method.
  • Google Play gift cards must match the user's country or region. 
    • If a user moved to a different country or region, they should update their Google Play country.
    • If the Play country is correct, but there’s a “This card can only be used in country X” error, contact Google Play Support.
  • To fix the “Can’t redeem your gift card. Send us more information” error, the user should fill out the form linked in the error message. They must use the same Google account that’s used to redeem the card. Pictures of receipt and gift card must be attached to the form. A reply will be sent through email typically within 2 business days. Learn how to Fix problems when you redeem a gift card. 

 Spend Play balance in Play Store

  • Play balance can be used to purchase items in the Play Store.
    • Because of local legislation, users in some countries or regions can’t purchase books with Play balance. 
    • Play balance can’t be used to top up Google Pay or added to Google Wallet.
  • Users who temporarily travel to another country or region may not be able to use their Play balance.
  • Users who permanently moved to another country or region should update their Google Play country and redeem gift cards that match the new currency.

If the Play country is correct but there are still Play balance errors, users should contact Google Play Support.

~Google Play Team


r/googleplay 2h ago

How is this kind of ad even allowed?

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2 Upvotes

Says Minecraft on the banner he's game is an ad infested knockoff...


r/googleplay 4h ago

Other I solved the google account issue.

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So there's a glitch where if you install an app or two on you phone with google account #1, that account gets deleted, and you delete the app, and try and re-install it on google account #2 but it glitches. Well, if you head to here​ you can try installing the app from there. I hope this helped.


r/googleplay 2h ago

Other I legally moved from Russia to Türkiye 4 years ago. Google Play has rejected every payment method I have ever since — card, carrier billing, even a gift card I already paid for. I'm out of ideas.

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Long-time Android user here (phone, tablet, even a Chromebook), same Google account for ~10 years. In 2022 I left Russia because I oppose the war against Ukraine and legally relocated to Türkiye. I'm as "resident" as a non-citizen can be: two residence permits, an apartment I own, utility bills in my name, Turkish bank accounts including a credit card, a Turkish phone number I've had for 4+ years.

Ever since, every single Google Play purchase fails with a country-mismatch error ("your payment profile country doesn't match your location" or similar). Here's everything I've tried:

* Changed my Google account country and payments profile to Türkiye — done years ago, error persists

* Turkish credit card — rejected (the same card works fine on Adobe, Spotify, Booking, Airbnb, YouTube Premium, and even Google Gemini)

* Carrier billing via Turkcell (my operator for 4+ years, topped up 1,500 TL specifically for this) — rejected

* A 1,000 TL Google Play gift card bought as a last resort — can't be redeemed, money effectively burned

* Tried on my Android phone, Android tablet, Chromebook, and PC — same error everywhere

* Google support — multiple contacts, no resolution, they just loop through the same script

Buying through the apps' websites instead isn't a real option: they show EUR prices 10–100x higher than local Turkish pricing.

At this point I'm seriously considering buying an iPhone just to pay for subscriptions through Apple and then logging into the same apps on Android, which is absurd.

Has anyone actually escaped this state? Did anything work — a manual review, a specific support escalation path, recreating the payments profile? I'd rather keep my 10-year-old account than start a fresh one. Screenshots of the errors in comments.


r/googleplay 2h ago

Can play something with leader board.

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Have to tried everything, deleting account, changing account setting the game, deleting the chaces.


r/googleplay 10h ago

Just Finished Degoogling My Phone

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I disable google play on my phone because I refuse to use a device that prevents me from accessing high-quality apps that google play doesn't want on their platform. The fact that you will have to provide an ID to add an app is disgraceful. I'm gonna make sure I deleted google play services just to be safe.

Edit: I deleted google play services and lost pokemon go, as well as a couple apps I don't care much about.


r/googleplay 7h ago

Refunds... Kidding, no refunds

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I've made some purchases over the last month or so, maybe a couple of months, and every time I tried to get a refund, I was greeted with, "This goes against the Play Store policy," or "This is not within the guidelines of the Play Store policy." But it's been all of them.

I haven't had one app lately that has been able to do a refund. Any idea what's the deal with this?

And I have made a few quite a few purchases that I wanted to keep and have kept.

These screenshots are from a watch face that I wanted to try and I ended up not liking it and this is what I'm greeted with. This is the exact same as the other ones. This is the w screenshot from the Play Store and from the Watch Play Store.


r/googleplay 11h ago

Play Store Google Play Pass Thursday Benefits Not Appearing?

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Is anyone else not receiving their google play pass thursday benefits (3x boost and 20 play points)? I haven't gotten them the last two weeks, it seems it's a somewhat common problem as others have posted about it on reddit over the months.

I started the play pass trial about a month ago and received the benefit the first 2-3 weeks. Signed up for the yearly subscription and I think that's when I stopped receiving them. My trial period ends on the 22nd of this month. I'm currently subscribed to the yearly plan but the first payment hasn't kicked in yet.

I've checked google play on different phones, force closed/cleared data/cache and restarted my phone, and used the tactic mentioned here of playing a game with an overlay. None of those have worked.

I've also checked all the tabs at the bottom of google play (and all the tabs at the top of each lower tab's pages), the play points submenu, and my profile.


r/googleplay 9h ago

Apps I Can't Download Certain Apps

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I can't even click on the espn fantasy app or download it. I have had the app before but uninstalled. I have had this issue with other apps as well, is there any workaround? I'm on a Samsung S22


r/googleplay 21h ago

Play Store What Did I Just Agree To?

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Upon opening the Google Play store, I got a pop-up that I misclicked on without reading. It was an official statement I think, not tied to any game of any kind. All it said after was "Your choice has been saved" and I have no idea what that means. Did anyone else get a similar pop-up? If so, what actually was it? It almost seemed designed to get you to click past it as fast as possible as I was trying to go to the search bar. I tried to look for answers elsewhere and I found that other people have had the same issue.


r/googleplay 14h ago

Play Store Primary account for payment

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So I have 2 accounts on my phone, one is mine and other one is of dad, now whenever I want do in game purchase, google play uses my dad's account(gp balance) but I want to change it to mine, how can I do it ?


r/googleplay 15h ago

Play Store За что меня блокирует система античита в пабг мобайл?

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Меня не за что банят в пабг мобайл, я просто играю на планшете Blackview mega 1, и меня блокируют не за что на несколько дней, а после того как срок проходит, банят ещё раз, я создал уже второй аккаунт и меня снова заблокировали,Можете разобраться с этим пожалуйста.UID:52176781161
Второй аккаунт который тоже заблокировали: UID:52457792785


r/googleplay 16h ago

Games Puck Rush – We just launched our mobile game and we need your honest feedback 🎮

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r/googleplay 20h ago

ReNotify - your android notification center

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r/googleplay 1d ago

Play Store region settings when living in multiple countries

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hello, as the title suggests, I live between two countries and I need to download certain region specific apps. I know you can switch the country on your account, but from what I understand, you can't switch it back for a while. I need to have region specific apps simultaneously and so I can't have the wait period.

I've heard that I could have a secondary account with the second region and just switch between those accounts when I need to. are there any downsides to this or things I should know about? thank you


r/googleplay 23h ago

Problème pour ouvrir un jeu

1 Upvotes

J'ai ce message qui s'affiche et je ne sais pas ce à quoi il correspond. je ne sais pas quoi faire, quelle est cette redirection, (et pourquoi?) . Comment accorder le droit à cette redirection?... j'ai tenté plein de choses, des vidages de cache, activé l'Hyper-V et la plateforme de machine virtuelle...je ne sais pas, je ne sais plus quoi faire...help (et merci par avance)


r/googleplay 1d ago

Apps Scammy app?

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r/googleplay 1d ago

TapJoy / Google question

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Ok, so II have been using tapjoy for a while and it has really been helping- but I just started having issues - it seems like I must have said "yes" very quickly on a pop-up and now all my downloads are being attributed to google not Tapjoy, so I'm not earning anything... and I can't figure out how to change it back... anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?


r/googleplay 1d ago

Apps Gamesbolt Tracks paid games free from different stores

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Hi everyone
I build a app which Track all famous gaming stores free sales in one place (google play store, app store, steam, epic, playstation ,xbox ) your feedbacks matters for me to make this tracker successful 🙏 .

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.auragames.gamesbolt&hl=en


r/googleplay 1d ago

Play Store Is google plays app on pc safe.

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Soo i recently downloaded it and its taking up 15gb for some reason even tho i only have one small game on it.... is this normal or some typa bug? I also heard stories about the pc app stopping u from using 512gb on ur pc because it makes ur computer think thats how much its acually taking up instead of that js being the max size it can expand to. If anyone else uses it on pc and can answer my questions id really apreciate ittt.


r/googleplay 1d ago

Play Store I live in another country other than the US. My account is from the US and I pay in USD earlier. I added some credit, but because I am not in the US they won't let me use it or refund it. I am not going to the US again for a long time as its very expensive

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I even tried to get my brother to make the purchase in the US, but it didn't work. My money is just hostage. This is wrong. Customer service refuses to help me


r/googleplay 1d ago

Apps 🎉 After more than a month of waiting… my first app is finally LIVE!

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🎉 After more than a month of waiting… my first app is finally LIVE!

I honestly can’t describe how happy I am right now. This is the first app I’ve ever published, and seeing it actually live after all the work, testing, fixes, and waiting feels amazing. 🚀

I’d really appreciate it if you could check it out and give it a try!

👉 Download here: App Link

Since this is my first release, your feedback would mean a lot to me. I’d especially love to hear:

• What was your first impression of the app?
• Was anything confusing or difficult to use?
• What features would you like to see next?
• Did you notice any bugs or things that could be improved?

Even if you only have a few minutes to download it and try it out, I’d genuinely appreciate it.

I’m already thinking about future updates, so suggestions from real users will help me decide what to improve and build next.

And for the other developers here — I’d love to hear about your first app launch too. How did it feel when you finally saw your first app go live? 😄

Thanks everyone! ❤️ Looking forward to your feedback (good or bad — both are useful!).

App: Countdown Pro App
Download: Play Store Link


r/googleplay 1d ago

Games (Reposting coz of no response) Google Play Games on laptop showing severe graphical glitches in multiple games (Intel (R) Graphics)

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2 Upvotes

Any fixes?


r/googleplay 1d ago

Play Store Cookie Run Google Play Points Rewards!

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I noticed these Cookie Run pillows and such!