Some T-Mobile subscribers need to choose a new payment method
Google is ending support for direct carrier billing through T-Mobile.
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- T-Mobile will no longer support direct carrier billing for Google Play purchases.
- Users who previous used T-Mobile carrier billing should switch to a card or other valid payment method by September.
- T-Mobile was the last of the big three US carriers to support Play Store billing.
Google really wants to make it easy for you to spend money. Whether that’s on apps, books, movies, or subscriptions, Google would love nothing more than for you to pay for the stuff you want, using its services. As a result, Google Play supports a reasonably robust selection of payment options. Unfortunately, that list is about to get a little smaller, in a move set to affect some T-Mobile users.
The lion’s share of Play shoppers may pay by means of a credit or debit card, but there’s long been the option to do billing through your mobile carrier, instead. In recent years, though, Google and the carriers have been backing away a little from that solution, with Verizon and AT&T already having ended support. Now Google shares that T-Mobile is next on the chopping block (via Android Police).
