Spotify Technology SA has reached a deal with Google to offer an alternative payment method within its app for users, the latest sign of the weakening grip that app stores have over third-party software.
The streaming music service and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, -1.14% GOOG, -1.26% search giant announced the deal Wednesday, allowing Spotify’s SPOT, +0.75% app within the Google Play Store to offer a choice between its alternative payment method and Google’s own, which takes as much as a 30% share of revenue.