children will be able to do "purchases" on Google Play thanks to the new Google tool

Google playhas long been making it easier for parents to manage their family accounts so that everyone can make purchases, and today things are even easier with the Purchase Requests tool that Google has released.

This, in a nutshell, will allow children to “buy” apps iEven if no family pay is set up. The new payment method works through the Family Manager. And it is that, of course, we put in quotes the “buy” aspect, since if a child wants to buy an application on Google Play, he will have to send a purchase request directly to the family manager.

Before this tool, if your little one wanted a app, you simply proceeded to look for it and pay for it or, on the contrary, you denied it. The purchase requisitions tool Google Play adds another level of control by allowing children on the account to request the purchase of a certain application, for example.

The father, mother or guardian can then review the application, evaluating the information on the app and complete the purchase using the payment methods configured on your device: credit or debit cards, gift cards Googleetc. “When a purchase is complete, the family manager receives a receipt via email,” explain from the google blog.

This is how Purchase Requests works, the new Google Play tool

In Google Play, note that the entire group can share the same payment method and children over 13 (unless they have been restricted) can also make purchases without further ado. However, if you do not have a family payment method set up, children will be able to send a purchase request directly to the family manager.

And it is that, instead of seeing the typical payment window to which we are all accustomed, what they will see is a message with the following text: “Ask your parents”. This proposal is sent to those responsible who will decide the fate of that app. If approved, it will be downloaded to the mobile of the child who requested it.

Lastly, and as with the familiar Google Play payment method, transactions completed through Purchase Requests will all be available in your Order History.