Google adds Android Market to more countries
March 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Forget paid apps; there were some countries in which Android users couldn’t get any apps from the Android Market because it wasn’t yet available to them. There are now several countries – almost twice as many – that are able to go through the Android Market and find the best apps.
Google recently expanded Market support to a total of 46 countries, up from the 25 nations previously supported. Among the new countries are Brazil, Israel, and Thailand, countries that have had Android phones for some time without the primary source of getting apps. Users in these nations no longer have to rely on alternative markets to get apps.
In recent weeks, Google expanded paid apps support to Canadian users, and Australian carrier Optus finally opened up its market to paid apps. Surprisingly, Google still hasn’t expanded the list of countries permitted to sell apps (9) to match the number of countries able to purchase them (13).
Here’s the complete list of countries that should be able to access the Android Market.
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States
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This list seems incomplete. I am in India and can access the Google market (thought not paid apps) . But your above list does not include India. So I think that the above list is incomplete
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You forgot Ukraine. The free market was made aviable several month ago
Located in Bulgaria and i can`t see the paid apps….
the list is taken directly from Google's page, so its needs to be updated: http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/a...
well i´m from Brazil and since last year i was able to access the market even tough my magic was imported however i´ve bought a milestone in January and i´ve always been able to access the market
You also forgot Hungary, Android Market is available from the beginning.
I am in the Israeli market and I can still only see paid apps by running Market Enabler
I would do everything for the Android Market to support countris like Colombia, we have been rapidly increasing in terms of technology.
Please do so, make it happen
Here in Brazil, we don't have paid apps… only the free ones. =/
I bought last week an HTC HERO in New York, its made in Ukraine, so I don´t have the Android Market.
How can I resolve this problem? Thanks!
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