Google is offering a new subscription service for
apps and games on Android devices days after
Apple launched a similar service.
Google Play Pass will cost $5 a month and
give subscribers access to 350 games and
apps. It will cost $2 a month for the first year
in an introductory offer. Android devices with
Android 4.4 (known as KitKat) or later will
support Play Pass.
Available apps range from puzzle games like
“Monument Valley” and strategy games like
“Risk,” to apps including AccuWeather and
Facetune. New apps and games will be added
every month.
There are some key differences with Apple
Arcade, however. Apple’s $5-a-month service,
which launched with iOS13 on Thursday,
consists of games developed exclusively for
the service — if they are in Apple Arcade they
can’t be in the app store.