What is Play Store? Easily explained
You meet the Play Store every day and is the counterpart to Apple's App Store. But in this practical tip we explain what exactly it is and what you can do with it, what functions it offers and where you can find it.
What is the Play Store - a simple explanation
- The Play Store is a kind of digital bazaar from Google. If you have an Android phone, you will get all the applications that you use with your smartphone every day.
- You can open the official Google Play Store page in your browser at play.google.com. Alternatively, the Play Store can also be called up directly on your mobile phone. The Play Store app is already pre-installed on your phone and can be found via the app drawer.
- In the Play Store you will not only find games and apps for your Android phone, but also films, series, books and music. Part of the Play Store is, for example, the offer on Google Play Music, where you can listen to songs and albums.
- Everything you buy in the Play Store is digital. You will therefore not receive films in DVD cases or other things that are sent by post. The only exception here are Google's own smartphones and tablets.
- When you buy an Android phone, you usually create a Google account when you set it up. With this you automatically have access to the Play Store and its offer.
- In addition to free downloads, you can also find numerous paid apps, books, music and films in the Play Store. We will explain in another article how you pay for it.
Play Store: Download apps - how it works
- Select the app you want to have on your smartphone within the Play Store.
- In the next step click on "Install" (see screenshot).
- You will now see the permissions that you must agree to for the download. Then click "Install" again and the app will be downloaded to your mobile phone.
More tips for the Google Play Store
- You can easily prevent unwanted purchases in the Play Store, which is useful for households with children, for example.
- It is useful and safer to keep the installed applications up to date. Therefore, you should not miss our 3 best tips for app updates.
- You can also add apps to your wish list, for example.