✔️ 2022-03-22 23:39:00 – Paris/France.
After Play Music died, Google Play was left with apps, books, and TV. The Play Store will soon remove Movies & TV on Android, with the Google TV app being the new place to buy and rent content.
When YouTube Music replaced the Play equivalent entirely, Google stopped selling songs and albums that could be purchased individually. The upcoming Play Movies & TV transition is slightly less drastic than that, but it does cement the breakup of Google Play as a unified store for media.
Starting in May, Google says "Movies and TV will no longer be supported" in the Play Store available on Android phones and tablets. The company announced this change in an email to customers today.
This means the tab will be removed from the bottom bar, with search no longer showing movies and shows. Users are redirected to the standalone Google TV client, which is already pre-installed on Android devices.
You'll be able to buy and rent content as you do today, while all "purchased content will continue to be available in the Google TV app". There is no impact to Family Sharing, Play Points or the ability to redeem Play Credits/Gift Cards as the core infrastructure does not change. Other aspects that remain the same are refund requests and wishlists. Meanwhile, no changes were announced for play.google.com on the web today.
In late 2020, the Play Movies & TV app on Android was revamped to become Google TV. The client acts as a library, a store and a feed of recommendations for the media. This coincided with the new Chromecast and a host of content integrations for the streaming dongle. The app is only available on Android, with Play Movies and TV unchanged on iOS.
For about a good year, Google TV's renaming was limited to the US, but it arrived in 14 more countries in September 2021. It also gained a built-in Android TV remote around this time.
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