Google Play Newsstand

Google Play Newsstand was a news aggregator and digital newsstand service owned and operated by Google between 2013 and 2018. The service was launched in November 2013 through the merger of Google Play Magazines and Google Currents. On May 8, 2018, at Google I/O, Google announced that Google Play Newsstand was, in turn, amalgamated into Google News, after which it ceased to exist as a separate service.

Newsstand allowed users to subscribe to magazines (available in select countries) and topical news feeds, receiving new issues and updates automatically. Content was offered for reading on a dedicated Newsstand section of the Google Play website, or through the mobile apps for Android and iOS. Offline download and reading was supported in the mobile apps.

For publishers, Newsstand offered a variety of tools for customization and optimization of their content, and the option to include ads through the use of DoubleClick for Publishers. Publishers could restrict geographic access to their content, and employ Google Analytics for aggregated readership data. Publishers could also offer discounts for Google Play subscriptions if the user was already a subscriber on another platform (such as print or digital).