Google adds in-app payments to Chrome Web Store

Company adds easy way for developers to incorporate one-touch in-app payments into their Chrome Web Store apps.

May 11, 2011 9:57 AM PDT Follow @maggie_reardon

SAN FRANCISCO--On the second day of Google's developer conference here, the Google team announced a feature that lets developers add one-touch in-app purchasing to their Chrome Web Store apps, using Google's payment system.

Now with a single click, app users can make a purchase and then jump right back to the application, be it a comic book, game, or whatever else.

In addition to making it easy for users to make one-touch payments, said Google's Vikas Gupta, the company wanted to make it simple for developers to add the feature--it requires the addition of only a single line of code.

Related link
• Complete coverage: Google I/O

Google also wanted to make sure the pricing was right to enable developers to build businesses on these apps. Google takes 5 percent of each purchase--far less than the 30 percent fee Apple charges.

Politics

Obama toasts his German hosts

Toasting his German hosts in Berlin, President Obama said, "We are proud to join with millions of men and women throughout the world who hold the cause of freedom sacred."

Play Video