Google Goes Freemium: In-App Purchases Now Available for Chrome
Google is tapping another aspect of the web, and this time, it might just change the way you interact and operate in the World Wide Web.
Chrome Packaged Apps are bound for in-app purchasing, pushing appification of the web towards a different mobile platform.
TechCrunch reports that this comes from François Beaufort, a developer and touted Chrome evangelist/leaker.
The feature is also reported to already be available for Chrome Packaged Apps and immediately embeds the Google Wallet App for any transactions and purchases made.
"Chrome is about to support in-app payments for Chrome Packaged Apps, thanks to the newly embeddable Chrome Wallet app," said Beaufort to TechCrunch.
In fact, The Next Web adds that this may be Google's push towards integrating the Google Wallet to more services, starting with Chrome Canary. This seems a logical flow of things, considering that the browser is one of the most-used around, and it can also be the next step towards a more integrated OS-browser approach.
For now, there's not a lot that you can do when it comes to in-app purchases. This is because, as TechCrunch reports, the feature is still limited to the Chrome Canary Build. However, it does connote that there are already those who are on board with the project.
Money transfer via Gmail
PC World adds that this in-app purchases may have something to do--or at least have a related feature--with Google's payments API, allowing for money transfer as an attachment on Gmail.
Again, this is done with the integration of Google Wallet, and can even be sent to recipients who are using a different email address.
TechHive details the steps for the payments API:
- Compose the email, and to attach the money, hover the mouse on the attachment paperclip.
- Click on the dollar sign icon to attach money to your email.
- Enter the amount.
- Send.
This is a free service for those who have already linked their bank account to Google Wallet, or if you make use of Google Wallet balance for the transfer.
However, the feature is also limited to those who are 18 and above, and with no additional charge for the recipient of the money.
