Google aims for China launch of Google Play app store next year: sources
[BEIJING] Google, part of Alphabet Inc, aims to launch the China version of its Google Play smartphone app store next year, according to people familiar with the matter, its first major foray in the market since ending localised product support in 2010.
The Google Play app store would be set up specifically for China, and not connected to overseas versions of Google Play, two of the people said.
Google intends to comply with Chinese laws on filtering content that might be viewed as sensitive by the ruling Communist Party, and laws requiring the company to store the app store's data within the country, those two people said.
A Singapore-based Google spokesman declined to comment.
REUTERS
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Technology
Brokers’ take: DBS cuts Venture Corp price target after Q1 earnings miss
Garmin’s Q1 results beat on strong demand for fitness, auto products
Foxconn’s musical chairs sound like punk rock
US sets up board to advise on safe, secure use of AI
Regulate AI? How US, EU and China are going about It
Meta’s results are best viewed through rose-tinted AI glasses