Google has announced that they will begin offering direct carrier billing for movies, music, and books in addition to Android apps in the Google Play store. This means that you can buy just about anything from the Play Store, and have the cost tacked on to your monthly cell phone bill through your carrier. It's not available everywhere, but the list of carriers that support direct billing is pleasantly robust --
- Germany: T-Mobile, Vodafone
- Italy: Vodafone
- Japan: KDDI, Docomo, Softbank
- Korea: KT, SKT, LGU+
- Spain: Vodafone
- UK: T-Mobile, Vodafone
- US: AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint
Currently, only KDDI, Docomo, and Softbank in Japan, and T-Mobile in the US allow billing of other media. Other carriers (Sprint was mentioned by name) will be coming on-board soon. This should help users who can't or won't enter credit or debit card information into Google Wallet, and get more media in more phones.
Source: +Google Play, via Androinica
