Google is streamlining how you buy, rent and watch TV shows and movies

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From May, the Google Play app will no longer be a place you can purchase, rent and watch TV shows and movies from Google; the Google TV app will be your exclusive one-stop-shop for that.

The inevitable move – confirmed in an announcement by a Google Community Manager – comes more than a year after the Google Play Movies & TV app was redesigned as simply Google TV. The service brings together movies and shows from across video streaming apps under one umbrella while offering recommendations and in-app purchases.

So what does this mean for you? If you want to continue renting and buying video entertainment from Google from May 2022, you'll simply need to make sure you've updated your Play Movies & TV app to Google TV in the Play Store if you haven't already done so, free of charge.

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Becky is a hi-fi, AV and technology journalist, formerly the Managing Editor at What Hi-Fi? and Editor of Australian Hi-Fi and Audio Esoterica magazines. With over twelve years of journalism experience in the hi-fi industry, she has reviewed all manner of audio gear, from budget amplifiers to high-end speakers, and particularly specialises in headphones and head-fi devices.

In her spare time, Becky can often be found running, watching Liverpool FC and horror movies, and hunting for gluten-free cake.