--- title: Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option | daily.dev description: Google Play is adding Venmo as a payment option for purchases including apps, games, add-ons, and digital content. Users can link their Venmo account via... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-play-adds-venmo-as-a-payment-option-hpwafpues twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option | daily.dev og:description: Google Play is adding Venmo as a payment option for purchases including apps, games, add-ons, and digital content. Users can link their Venmo account via... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-play-adds-venmo-as-a-payment-option-hpwafpues og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hpWAFpues.png og:image:alt: Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google Play is adding Venmo as a payment option for purchases including apps, games, add-ons, and digital content. Users can link their Venmo account via payment settings and use Venmo's wallet or linked bank accounts and cards for subscriptions and creator tips. Google Play already supports PayPal, Cash App, and major credit cards in the US. Global app and game spending exceeded $167 billion in 2025, up 10.6% year-on-year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What payment methods does Google Play support in the US? Google Play supports Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, and cards from American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and JCB in the United States. Users can link Venmo via the payment methods section in their account settings and pay using Venmo's wallet or linked bank accounts and cards for apps, games, subscriptions, and creator tips. _Developers building subscription or tipping features in Android apps track payment ecosystem changes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Building for the next wave of app monetization](https://daily.dev/posts/building-for-the-next-wave-of-app-monetization-iqdahxj7c) · Stripe · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Venmo’s biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time](https://daily.dev/posts/venmo-s-biggest-makeover-in-years-comes-at-a-very-interesting-time-talnyi8rx) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Expanded billing choice and lower fees on Google Play](https://daily.dev/posts/expanded-billing-choice-and-lower-fees-on-google-play-sm1ll46zy) · Android Developers Blog · 6 upvotes · 3 comments - [Venmo and PayPal are now treated as separate payment methods](https://daily.dev/posts/venmo-and-paypal-are-now-treated-as-separate-payment-methods-yxckhgwx7) · Shopify Developer changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#app-store](https://daily.dev/tags/app-store), [#google-play](https://daily.dev/tags/google-play), [#digital-payments](https://daily.dev/tags/digital-payments) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-play-adds-venmo-as-a-payment-option-hpwafpues) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-play-adds-venmo-as-a-payment-option-hpwafpues","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-play-adds-venmo-as-a-payment-option-hpwafpues"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T12:00:53.001Z","dateModified":"2026-08-10T20:45:56.340Z","description":"Google Play is adding Venmo as a payment option for purchases including apps, games, add-ons, and digital content. 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