1 millions apps in the Play Store, 70 million tablet activations: Google
Along with the new refreshed Nexus 7 and Android 4.3 announcements,
Sundar Pichai who oversees Android, Chrome and Google Apps also
revealed some statistics about tablet activations and Google Play
content downloads. He states that Google now has 70 million tablet
activations, which has increased from around 10 million last year. He
also points out that revenue per user on Google Play has gone up 2.5
times over the last one year.
Talking about Android apps, Pichai disclosed that Google Play store has hit the 1 million mark. In comparison, Apple's App store has over 900,000 apps, and had hit 50 billion app downloads in May this year. Google too has more than 50 billion app downloads in its kitty, which is more than double the 20 billion downloads announced last year. Pichai further said that one in every two tablets sold is Android. Moreover, Nexus 7 alone contributes to 10 percent of Android tablet market share.
At the breakfast event, Pichai also spoke about the "Books" section of the Google Play store, which will now allow Android users to rent or purchase textbooks from various academic publishing houses. The rental periods for these textbooks will be about six months. These textbooks will be offered at a discounted price of up to 80 percent from the normal purchase price. Google Play Textbooks will come with features like searching through the content, creating bookmarks and highlighting passages. In addition to this, the night reading mode will be included to assist students. This will help them read at low light levels during late hours without disturbing others in the room.
Talking about Android apps, Pichai disclosed that Google Play store has hit the 1 million mark. In comparison, Apple's App store has over 900,000 apps, and had hit 50 billion app downloads in May this year. Google too has more than 50 billion app downloads in its kitty, which is more than double the 20 billion downloads announced last year. Pichai further said that one in every two tablets sold is Android. Moreover, Nexus 7 alone contributes to 10 percent of Android tablet market share.
IDC and Google's internal data reveals the increase in tablet activations
At the breakfast event, Pichai also spoke about the "Books" section of the Google Play store, which will now allow Android users to rent or purchase textbooks from various academic publishing houses. The rental periods for these textbooks will be about six months. These textbooks will be offered at a discounted price of up to 80 percent from the normal purchase price. Google Play Textbooks will come with features like searching through the content, creating bookmarks and highlighting passages. In addition to this, the night reading mode will be included to assist students. This will help them read at low light levels during late hours without disturbing others in the room.
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