We keep getting this question: Can I use google play on amazon?
Google Play credits are gaining traction nowadays; they can be redeemed, given, and loaded to one’s accounts for use in the ecosystem of Google Play. But, can you use this balance outside of Google Play and in global marketplaces like say, Amazon?
Is a Google Play balance as useful as a credit card in Amazon? Let’s find out.
Google Play and Amazon Credit
Google Play is a product of Google while Amazon is, well, a seperate company run by Jeff Bezos. They are two separate entities, as emphasized in this Google Play Help Forum answer.
The particular question in the forum concerns whether Amazon credit can be transferred to a Google Play store. The response goes that Google Play and Amazon are two different companies and their credits work differently and outside of each other’s scope.
Notwithstanding the above question, the matter that lies before us has to do with the ability to spend at Amazon using Google Play balance.
The Answer Is Yes But No…
Yes, you can use your Google Play balance for in-app purchases through an Amazon product.
But no, you can’t use it to buy stuff at Amazon.com, the e-commerce site for all the regular physical items like books, clothes, electronics, etc.
Sounds confusing? Let’s clarify this for you:
Kindle is an e-book reader owned by Amazon. The Google Play Store has the app that may or may not allow Google Play credits to be used to purchase e-books.
Anyway, you can download the Google Play Store app on your Amazon Kindle, download any apps from the Play store, and then use your Google Play credits to buy content for those apps: books and such.
Amazon Digital Credit Balance
Where can you check your Amazon digital credit balance? Check our Amazon’s website below:
From the Amazon website:
You can check your credit balance by clicking “Redeem a gift card or promotional code and View Balance” button, visible on every Digital Music detail page. 5. After your purchase, you can confirm that your credit was applied by checking your order confirmation, which will be sent to you by e-mail.
Google Play Credits
So, can you convert Amazon Gift Cards to Google Play? You can, yes. But you would need to use the online market places where people exchange gift cards with each other. Its pretty simple but takes a little effort and the exchange may not be in your favor. Depending on the current market demand, you may have to accept a lower valuation for your gift card.
So, if you want to exchange Google play gift card for Amazon gift cards you might ask your friends on Facebook first, then look to the available market places for this.
As for Google Play credits…
Can you transfer Google Play Credit to Amazon? Not really. Google Play Credit is not currency that can be transferred to Amazon.
But here is what you can do with your Google Play Credit with Amazon. The terms of the Google Play credits are pretty much laid out here. Essentially:
- Purchases. They can only be used to buy eligible items on Google Play. By eligible items, they may be digital content
- apps
- games
- ebooks
- songs
- Newsstand subscriptions.
- However, the items you are allowed to purchase using your Google Play balance depend on where you live.
If you are in a member country of the European Economic Area, you can’t use it to buy Newsstand subscriptions. Furthermore, you can only tap your Google Play balance for purchases in the same currency, e.g. redeemed gift cards in USD can be used for USD-based content.
- Google Play Balance. You can replenish your Google Play balance by redeeming Google Play gift cards, digital gift codes, and promo codes. When you redeem a gift card or a digital code, it will be reflected on your Google Play balance. To redeem, go to Google Play Store app > Menu > Redeem > Enter code > Hit Redeem
- Usage. The balance is not convertible to cash or other forms of credit, reloadable, refundable, and transferable in value, except as allowed.
- Expiration. Google gift cards and credits don’t expire or require fees
As it stands, your Google Play balance is a wallet that you can conveniently carry around when you are shopping for digital content on Google Play.
But this shopping is clearly limited for the time being. Using your Google Play gift card on amazon is more complicated than it should be. Your Google Play credits can’t be used to buy anything at Amazon.com and other global e-commerce sites for that matter. Which is likely because Google wants to keep those credits within their own business universe. Google and Amazon are competitors in many ways.
As it is a bit complex, please feel free to leave a comment to assist others with the most up to date information.
See you in the comments!
Ive wasted money on google play cards and they redeemed them on my email and wanted my bank info in order to redeem them anyway I needed to know if I was to downloaded certain apps for certain retailers can I buy or get stuff from them cause I figured they were like wallets and that’s the whole reason how why I got them I thought I could use in stores at certain retailers but I feel I got ripped off cause I have no use for them to buy games and stuff idk I feel so mad it would be nice if I can buy stuff on line from my Google Play that they set up on my Google pay app I don’t understand the difference between the two cause google play is for games and stuff but the google pay is to buy stuff in certain retailers but why hook up google play on google pay if u can’t buy in certain retailers I don’t get it I googled up both and it confuses me
I feel the same way when I got the cards it was to buy online, now what good are the
I bought the card thinking I could ad the cash to my cash app. Boy I have learned not to buy Google play card ever again. Its a scam to me that I can not even spend on amazon.com. its absolutely no use to me and I feel I got ripped of by this Google play card. Again will never buy again and do not recommend anyone to buy as you can not use like credit/cash.
How is it a scam. When you bought the wrong card. Bet you learned to read before just paying for shit SMFH. Leave it to ppl to not accept responsibility for there mistakes
It says you can use on Google play apps. Amazon.com is in Google play store! Should be able to use there. There are other apps that you can use that are not the same company as Google store app. Just saying.
I have far too much money than I care in google play.
What do I do use this up?
Can I ask google play to refund this to me as cash into my wallet or bank?
O else, I will be wasting this money lying in the google play!
I want to return the Google Play account balance to my bank account..
I made a mistake instead of Google Pay..
Can purchase books or electronics form Amazon with a Google Play card. I have several that were purchased for what turned out to be a scam and I would like to get some use from them.
I won’t buy this Google Play cards anymore neither I recommend to anybody they limit to their interests. I would spend my money at Amazon. I learned a hard lesson. No More Google Play.cards they are a thieves.
Don’t buy Google Apple play cards they don’t not give a chance to buy ar Amazon. I won’t recommend those to anybody I lost my money. They are thieves.
I just have google opinion rewards money I want to buy a steam game or wish item but god dammit cant do anything out of the ordinary besides getting robux on the roblox app which means I can use it on the pc version too, but i think Ive spent enough on that and would rather something else now
I bought these by mistake- figured a world renowned company like Google would be easy to work with. Was I ever wrong! Never again!
I have a 50.00 goo9play card I don’t buy music or games or what am I supposed to do with it
burnt at Walmart didn’t even leave the store, purchased 200.00 Google play cards and found that you have to use them for digital crap in play store only but I needed to add them to my account for purchases of goods not for games and I was forced to take it in the %#××because they would not even consider exchanging them for Google pay cards what the heck is the difference, an L boath are Google products that are different only by the…L!!!!!!
I think you should of done research before you bought the card
Can u use Google play card in the Amazon app
I was fooled by a scam that I would receive money but in return I had to send them the codes
of 4 $200 Google Card ($800) Now I am stuck with these card and have no use for them. I would
gladly sell them to someone if they can use them. I was taken for a fool and I am a senior lady
and cannot be out this $800.n DONT FALL FOR ANY SCAM….IT SOUNDS GOOD BUT YOU ARE TAKEN FOR A RIDE
IRIS
Too much Malarchy with these “ Gift Cards “ Especially Google Play! If it’s use is to be a gift, then it should be used for E-Commerce spending/purchasing, it’s all computer based!! It is ONE Currency!, NOT currency to be used by one bank only! Let’s get this straightened out!!! It is definitely a “ SCAM “
DON’T BUY Google Play Cards for any reason, especially not as a gift!! You should always buy a credit card and that can be used for anything!
I got ripped also by the Google Play card, I bought it and now find out that I can’t use it as a gift card, complicated and there is no honesty in doing business like that.
I am very disappointed in Google play and pay. I bought a $50 card as a gift and didn’t find out that it wasn’t scanned before they put the card on didplay for sale until a 24hour period had passed. Them nor the store gave me a refund