Google pulls the plug on Play Movies and TV after more than ten years of service; tells users to do this instead

Google is killing its “Google Play Movies & TV” app for good. The reason is straight-forward. Google says it wants to simplify how users purchase new movies or access the movies and TV shows they’ve purchased through it and so, starting early next year— January 17, 2024 to be precise— the Google Play Movies & TV app will not be accessible on Android TV devices or the Google Play website, probably the last remaining areas where you could still access it. The app has been inaccessible on Android since 2020 and on iOS since 2022 where Google TV has come to become the de-facto way to rent and purchase movies and TV shows from Google.