XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Marion  wrote:   
   > On 19 Mar 2025 13:38:47 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   > >   Maybe, but in the old days there was no Play Store / Google Play and   
   > > also now you can have a Google account without ever using the Play Store/   
   > > Google Play, so I think you 'HOME' address is set in the Google account,   
   > > not in the Play Store part of your account.   
   >   
   > This may be correct as some of us have had Google Accounts before Android.   
   >   
   > I checked my wife's phone for you before I read further to see that you had   
   > already found the Play Store Country to be the "Netherlands" in your app.   
   >   
   > Did you notice a looooooong lag before it came back with that information   
   > initially? I did. I think it was looking it up from the Google Account.   
   >   
   > You make a good point that her country was likely set long ago, even before   
   > she had an Android phone, by virtue of her having a Google Account.   
   >   
   > Since I set up a Google Account in the days when invitations were   
   > necessary, I probably also have a home country too, right?   
   >   
   > Here's what I did to check it out:   
   > a. I turned off VPN and opened my one non-hardened web browser   
   > b. I logged into    
   > c. At the bottom of the left side I hit "Payments & subscriptions"   
   > d. But then it asked me to "Verify it's you" (where I don't want that)   
   > e. Had I gone further, supposedly I'd then tap "Payment methods"   
   > f. Then I'd tap "Settings" under the Payments section   
   > g. Then under "Payments profile" I should see the registered country   
   >   
   > Since I can't pay for anything on Google, and since I don't have a phone   
   > associated with the account (as far as I'm aware), I was afraid to go   
   > further. But for most of the people reading this, that shouldn't be an   
   > issue for them.   
   >   
   > If someone who has a Google Account can check this for us, that would help   
   > us all to determine if the Google Account country and the Google Play Store   
   > country are the same or not.   
      
     On the 'Payment methods' page, it only lists my credit card (brand,   
   last four digits of the number and the expiry date). But if I click the   
   'Edit' button, it shows my name and my 'HOME' address, but again without   
   the country and in this case without a map of the location. (While this   
   is a laptop, i.e. no GPS, Google *Maps* knows how to show my location,   
   so no idea, why it doesn't show it here.)   
      
     So for me, the Google Account country and the Google Play Store   
   country *are* the same, as is to be expected.   
      
     BTW, the direct URL for the 'Payment methods' page is   
      
      
     The 'Payment methods' page also has an 'Addresses' tab, which   
   (indirectly) links to the 'Other addresses' page   
      
      
     That page lists:   
      
   - 'Legal address', which is name, address *and* country.   
     I have multiple entries here, including one of relatives in Australia.   
     No idea why that one is there. The other ones are (same-spelled)   
     duplicates and a duplicate without my name. Clicking on the   
     duplicates, I see that they differ in yes/no phone number and have a   
     different date.   
      
   - 'Profile addresses' ("You can make these visible to others across   
     Google apps and services").   
     This has my name, no 'Profile picture', Gender, Birthday, only my   
     email address as 'Contact info', no 'About' info and no 'Work &   
     Education' info.   
     I obviously limited this info to the sensible bare minimum.   
      
   - 'Billing addresses'.   
     Links back to the 'Payment methods' page.   
      
     Hope this helps.   
      
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