How to add a credit card or PayPal account in the Google Play Store

To buy apps in the Android store we need a payment method. There are three ways to pay for an application within the store: with a credit or debit card, associating our PayPal account or including the amount to be paid in the amount of the next Movistar, Vodafone or Orange invoice. In this specific case, we are going to teach you how to set up a credit card or PayPal account in Google Play.

Android users often prefer free apps to paid ones.This seems like some common sense and, although there are really usable options in which we have to pay a certain amount, there are those who still resist going through the checkout. Paying a couple or three euros for an application is neither expensive nor cheap: it all depends on the use that we are going to give it, on how useful it is for us as users of it. The same goes for phones. Some will argue that a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has an excessively high price, but what if it really is the terminal you need?

How to set up a credit card on Google Play

All Android terminals, by default, except some terminals purchased and shipped from China, have the application store installed. Thanks to them we learn languages, they take us from one place to another and we even retouch photographs so that they look as if they had been taken by an expert. The Android store application is called Play Store and, within it, is the section to modify and configure our payment system.

• On the initial screen of Google Play, at the top, we have the hamburger menu of three horizontal lines. Press it and we will access a side screen with numerous sections to discover.

• If we lower the screen, we will see a section called 'Account'. Click on it.
• Here we can add family members to share payment applications, the preferences of our emails, the active subscriptions we have with certain applications and, of course, the methods payment. Click on this section.
• On this screen you can see your accumulated balance (for example, by filling out surveys in Google Rewards) and, in addition, set up a first card, add a new one or synchronize your PayPal account.

To add a card number, we are going to go to 'Add a payment method' and, inside, 'Add debit or credit card'. Next, you must enter the card number, expiration date and control code. Done, you will have your card associated with the Google Play Store. Now, when you buy an application, the amount will be charged directly to your bank account.

How to set up your PayPal account in the Google Play Store

If, on the contrary, you only want to link your PayPal account already created, we have to choose 'Add PayPal'. Simply, we will have to enter our username and password of the personal PayPal account.

Both methods are safe, since the process goes through the security guarantees offered by Google itself.However, if you prefer to proceed as safely as possible, we advise you to only link your PayPal account It is not dangerous to offer your card details to the PayPal store Google Play Store, but PayPal also offers many guarantees.