{"id":2152,"date":"2015-06-14T13:15:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2015-06-14T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T20:15:26","slug":"google-play-now-offers-android-users-a-free-app-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"Google Play now offers Android users a \u2018Free App of the Week\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has launched a \u201cFree App of the Week\u201d promotion in Google Play that gives Android users the chance to get their hands on a paid title free of charge. The offer is part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technobuffalo.com\/2015\/05\/28\/google-play-store-gets-a-family-friendly-section\/\">Google\u2019s new Family section<\/a>, so you can expect all giveaways to be child-friendly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The offer is similar to that Apple has been offering iOS customers for some time; users get the opportunity to download a free app they would normally have to pay for, and the title changes each week. The only difference is, Google\u2019s offer will only include certain titles for now.<\/p>\n<p>Given that they\u2019re all family-friendly, most of the giveaways are likely to be children\u2019s games with an \u201cEverybody\u201d rating. The first title is\u00a0<em>Daniel Tiger Grr-fici Feelings,\u00a0<\/em>a game from PBS Kids, which is normally priced at $2.99.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether Google will open up the Free App of the Week promotion to all categories eventually, but we certainly hope so. On iOS, it\u2019s a great way to discover great apps and games you may not have purchased otherwise \u2014 and no one can turn down free apps.<\/p>\n<p>To find the Free App of the Week, simply navigate to the Family section in the Play Store and look for the big green banner seen in the picture above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/category\/FAMILY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOOGLE PLAY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has launched a \u201cFree App of the Week\u201d promotion in Google Play that gives Android users the chance to get their hands on a paid title free of charge. The offer is part of Google\u2019s new Family section, so you can expect all giveaways to be child-friendly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}