The option to use third-party payment will be rolled out more broadly in the future, he said.

Now it’s expanding worldwide.

Google and Epic Games have agreed to a trial inearly 2023.

Google’s shift on payment policies follows last year’sverdictin a trial between Epic and Apple.

However, developerscan’t provide a buttonlinking customers to an alternate payment system.

Spotify has frequently criticized Apple as abusing the might of its App Store, including billing-system restrictions.

Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.

Google does allow some alternative payment platforms to be used with Android.

The Samsung Galaxy Store and the Amazon Appstore are two prominent examples in the US.

The Huawei App Market Store and Tencent My App Store are examples in China.

Third-party payments were already available in the country.