Google Play in-app subscriptions get free-trial option

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In-app subscriptions found their way to [Google Play](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/google-play-music-and-movies-purchasing-reaches-google-tv/) [this May](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/24/google-brings-in-app-subscriptions-to-android/), and now the folks in Mountain View are letting Android developers offer them with free-trials. In order to make use of the freebie spans, you'll have to fork over your [payment information](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/02/google-play-adds-carrier-billing-for-music-movies-and-books/) to [Page and Co.](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/larry-page-looks-back-at-a-year-at-the-head-of-google-promises/) as if it were a [run-of-the-mill purchase](http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/29/android-market-gets-in-app-billing-your-virtual-pennies-are-now/), but you won't get hit with the monthly fee until the dev-determined trial stretch is over. Developers looking to serve up samples of their episodic content can set a trial period that's at least seven days or longer right within the Developer Console, which means they can add the gratis option or alter its length without having to modify their apps. If the duration of the gratis subscription is changed, the tweak will only apply to new subscribers.

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