Paytm will have 1 million mini-apps before Google’s in-app commission

BENGALURU: Paytm, the Noida-based payments major, which launched its mini-apps platform this week, will add close to 1 million mini apps before Google plans to make Play Store billing mandatory for Indian developers by April 2021. In a virtual conference on Thursday, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said the company will invest close to ₹10 crore for its mini-app developer ecosystem, which has been in Beta, since earlier this year. Through its mini-app store, businesses, including small and big, can launch their progressive-web app, on the Paytm main app, and lead to discoverability of their online stores. “Maybe real-money gaming apps, might filtered out of the mini apps, which violates Google’s Play Store policy,” said Sharma, when asked about filtration on the mini-app store.