Google Play turns one, has gifts for all

BANGALORE, INDIA: On its first birthday, Google Play, an Android app store for smartphones, has decided to make its users happy.

"Since no birthday is complete without presents, we're celebrating with a bunch of special offers across the store on songs, TV shows, movies and books. We're even offering a collection of games with some fun birthday surprises created by developers," wrote Jamie Rosenberg, vice-president, Digital Content, Google Play, on Google's official blog.

"Google Play has grown rapidly in the last year, bringing you more content in more languages and places around the globe. In addition to offering more than 700,000 apps and games, we've partnered with all of the major music companies, movie studios and publishers to bring you the music, movies, TV shows, books and magazines you love," he added.

Rosenberg also mentioned that they have included more ways for people to buy apps, including paying through their phone bill and gift cards, which were beginning to roll out in the U.K. this week.

Google Play was earlier knows as Android Market, a platform for users to download mobile apps for their smartphones.