Google likely to launch its Play Store in China Next Year!

It is well known that Android users living in China can’t access the company’s Play Store in order to download apps, so they have to rely on alternative app store.

Google had pulled most of its services out from China in 2010 after it refused to continue self-censoring all of the search results.

Apple complies with local Chinese laws, which is why the Cupertino-based company is present in the Mainland.

On the other hand, market analysts commented that Google may fail to gain more subscribers because of Chinese rivals, IB Times reported.

A successful app store will be used by Google to place other services and products in China as well.

China, with highest population in the world, is too big a market to ignore for any company, even Google. Anyway there are no information about the next product from Google that will hit the Chinese market.

One question that remains unanswered is if Google will be able to recover the ground that it has lost in the last five years, also there are lots of ways to get music free in China so it might be a bit hard for Google to break the ice in the vast market of China. It has been no secret that Google’s Chief executive meant to get back to China and Google Play will be its first foray. As such, it would be an ideal thing for Google to enter the Chinese market again. Google is planning to launch Google Play in China sometime in February after Chinese New Year next year, and before early summer, that person said.

The new UI also features a carousel at the top for current promotions running or other highlighted products from Google.

The company hopes the app store will include as payment options Alipay, the online payment service from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) finance arm Ant Financial Services Group [ANTFIN.UL], and Tencent Holding Ltd’s (0700.HK) WeChat Payment, said the person familiar with executives’ thinking.

Last month, Google said it would take a minority stake in Beijing-based artificial intelligence firm Mobvoi as part of a $75 million fundraising round, as the USA search giant tries to rebuild its presence in China.