--- title: "Google Play New apps and updates must move off Play Billing Library 8 by August 31, 2027: 2027-08-31 | Harbyn" description: "Google Play New apps and updates must move off Play Billing Library 8 by August 31, 2027, effective Aug 31, 2027." canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-play/2026-10-08-play-billing-library-version-8-deadline" last-updated: 2026-10-08 --- # Google Play New apps and updates must move off Play Billing Library 8 by August 31, 2027 Markdown version of . Deprecation - Google Play. low severity. Announced. Upcoming. From August 31, 2027, new apps and updates to existing apps can no longer use Google Play Billing Library version 8. An extension can be requested until November 1, 2027. Apps already published keep working. 310 days left: the deadline is Aug 31, 2027. ## Facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Vendor | [Google Play](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-play.md) | | Kind | Deprecation | | Severity | low | | Status | Announced | | Announced | Oct 8, 2026 (undated by the vendor; already published when we first read the page) | | Effective | Aug 31, 2027 | | Added to Harbyn | Oct 8, 2026 | | Lead time | 327 days of warning | | Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model | ## Find it in your code ```sh npx harbyn scan ``` This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Google Play, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine. ## Sources Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot. - (deprecations, fetched 2026-10-08 23:25 UTC, sha256 `50970c3d085670897dc30fe1e3e1d737e609836421f05b9e45c3b569bd78f4a4`) ## Related changes ### Changes at other vendors - [AWS Lambda: Python 3.10 runtime deprecation](https://harbyn.com/changes/aws-lambda/2026-10-08-python-3-10-runtime-deprecation.md) (effective Oct 31, 2026) - [Jira / Atlassian Cloud: Atlassian Analytics dashboard subscriptions being removed](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-08-10-atlassian-analytics-dashboard-subscriptions-being-removed.md) (effective Nov 2, 2026) - [Google Cloud Run and Functions: .NET 8 runtime deprecation](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-cloud/2026-10-08-net-8-runtime-deprecation.md) (effective Nov 10, 2026) - [GitHub: X-GitHub-Stateless-S2S-Token header ignored from 2026-11-30](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-02-x-github-stateless-s2s-token-header-ignored-from-2026-11-30.md) (effective Nov 30, 2026) [All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)