

Google confirmed to TechCrunch that adding the new payment option will not bring any other changes to its billing system. Users need to select the “Pay with UPI” option after selecting a subscription plan using Google Play Billing to use UPI for recurring payments. The update comes months after Google launched UPI as a payment method for buying apps, games and in-app content through the Play Store in 2019. On Tuesday, Google announced that it introduced UPI Autopay as a payment option on the Play Store to allow its users in the country to purchase subscriptions using UPI.

Google Play has enabled users in the South Asian country to make subscription-based purchases using UPI. Unified Payments Interface - commonly known as UPI - has become the most popular mobile payment route for P2P and merchant payments in India, and now Google’s stepping up with updated UPI functionality to meet user demand.
