Google Play audiobooks go live in 45 countries, with Google Assistant English support

You don't need any sort of subscription to purchase individual Google Play audiobooks in 45 countries around the world, and listen to them on Android, iOS or the web.

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Google unsurprisingly names Super Mario Run 2017’s most popular new Android game

Google Play's US Best of 2017 lists include Super Mario Run in the lead in the new game category, and Photo Editor as the year's most popular new app.

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Android games, apps, movies and books feature on Google’s list of Play Store Black Friday deals

You can get a number of "premium" Android games at up to 80 percent off from Google Play, as well as free Play Music and heavily discounted books.

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Google Play Store celebrates fifth anniversary

The Google Play Store, which replaced the Android Market, is now five years old. And it's become more than just a smartphone apps store.

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Google Play “Best of 2016” includes a lot of face, Deadpool

Who knew that you could pull together Justin Bieber and Ryan Reynolds together in one list?

The Google Play Store sells millions of copies of apps, music, movies and more over the course of a year and, for the first time ever, it decided to celebrate all that content in an awards ceremony. But now we’re talking about sheer volume as Google is disclosing the top five downloaded pieces of content in several categories for the year.

The Google Play “Best of 2016” list covers six categories: apps, games, music, movies, TV shows and books.

Believe it or not, Deadpool actually took the top spot in two of the categories, besting another literary entry from J.K. Rowling and a freaking Star Wars film:

Streamed Songs

  1. Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots
  2. Sorry, Justin Bieber
  3. One Dance (feat. WizKid & Kyla), Drake
  4. Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya), The Chainsmokers
  5. Me, Myself & I, G-Eazy

Books

  1. Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn
  2. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne
  3. The Girl on the Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins
  4. The Art of War by Tzu Sun
  5. Me Before You: A Novel by Jojo Moyes

All of these releases proved to be global hits for 2016 and a lot of these seem to be products for their time — the dominance of selfie editing apps is apparent here. Let’s hope that 2017 brings a little more freshness to the table.

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Textbooks reach Google Play Books in the US

We know some of you are happy that the Summer break is about to end, but we also know that makes a small minority of you. Back-to-school deals are all over the place, and then we have other companies that figure out the smartest ways to remind you, and that’s even through textbooks. Google had promised that their Play Books Store would support textbooks by the month of August, and we’ve got to hand it to Mountain View for keeping their promise. The company has just updated their Android app to support ...

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