Using the Google Play Store is quite simple, you just have to open the Play Store, search for the application you want to download, and install it on your device, that’s it.
But, in the event that you move to a different country, what will happen. You will require admittance to the right regional version of the Play Store for billing information. What’s more, Google Play features different applications in different nations, since various regions frequently permit or block admittance to certain applications.
Whether you’ve recently moved to another country or want to have a go at getting to another region’s Play Store (which accompanies a major proviso), this is the way to change your country setting in Google Play.
How You can Change Country in the Google Play Store
Below are the steps to change your Play Store country on Android device
- Open the Play Store app on your Android device and at the top-right of the screen, you will see your profile picture, tap on that and choose the Settings option.
- In Settings, select the General option, open it and then select the option Account and device preferences.
- Open the Account and device preferences option. Here, under the Country and profiles section, you will see your name and your current Play Store country.
- Assuming your phone identifies that you’re at present in an different country than the one listed, you will see a Change to the [region] Play Store option beneath.
- Accepting this shows up, go on with the other instructions below.
- Under the Change to the [region] Play Store header, tap one of the choices to add a payment method for your new country. This will differ by area; most ought to basically have the Add credit or debit card choice.
- At the point when you tap the new method, a warning will show up.
- Review the warning brief and if you’re OK with the terms, click on Continue.
- Continue through the prompts to add new payment method for the nation you’re switching your Play Store to.
- Whenever you’ve changed countries, you’re now ready to browse the Play Store for that region. The change might require as long as 48 hours to come full circle.
- The option to change your Play Store country will not show up for everybody. It possibly appears in the event that you were previously in a different country than you are now. This implies you can’t simply switch your Play Store to any country that you feel like.
Assuming that you’ve recently changed your country in the Google Play Store, you’ll have the choice to switch between your old and new accounts, on the off chance that you wish. This is useful if that you moved to another country for a couple of years and, got back.
In the event that you utilize the Google Play Family Library feature, you likewise won’t see the choice to change your Play Store region. Sadly, except if Google comes up with a superior workaround, you’ll probably have to dissolve your ongoing family group and begin a new one in your new region.
Warnings About Changing Your Google Play Store Country
You should know about a couple of significant points, before change your Google Play Store region.
- In the first place, you can’t utilize your old payment method with your new account. You will need to utilize the one from your new country. Remember that you could lose access to some applications and other substance in the content that they aren’t accessible in your new country.
- You can’t spend your Google Play balance from the old country, after swapping Google Play to another country. That incorporates any gift vouchers you’ve added however not spent at this point, as well as credit acquired from Google Opinion Rewards. Assuming you at any point change back to the old account, you will recapture admittance to that balance, however.
- You will likewise lose access to Google Play Points when you switch nations, and your level won’t move to the new region. Assuming you subscribe to Google Play Pass, that membership will move to your new nation assuming the service is accessible there. If Play Pass isn’t accessible in your new country, you will not have the option to install any more applications from Play Pass in your new region.
- Significantly, you can change your Play Store country one time each year. You won’t see the choice to change your nation in the event that it’s been under a year since your last change.
- Due to this, we suggest changing countries in the Play Store provided that you’ve really moved nations, have a permanent payment method for the new nation, and plan on remaining for essentially a year. While you can deceive this by utilizing a VPN, or should get to another country’s store while visiting, it’s not worth accomplishing for transient admittance to a few new applications.
- In the event that you truly do switch for a short-term reason, you will be gotten into a Play Store outside your actual region for a long while, which will be a major torment. That expects you will have the option to get a payment method for the country you need to change too.
If You’re Unable to Change Your Country in Google Play
subsequent, reading all the above warnings if you have any desire to change your country, yet the choice will not show up, ensure you haven’t changed your country recently. On the off chance that option still won’t appear or fails, then you should first try to update your Google Play application.
To do this, tap your profile picture at the upper right of the Play Store, select the Settings option, and go to About. You will see an Update Play Store link under the Play Store version. Tap that to begin an update; if you’re already up to date, it will show a notification. On the off chance that there’s an update, stand by a couple of minutes, close the Play Store application and attempt once more.
If this doesn’t work, you can try clearing Android cache and data for the Play Store application.
