title: Is a billing account required for Google Maps Mobile?
body: <p>According to the recent GMP updates, you are asked to create a billing account and is given credit of 200 USD per month. That's cool.</p>
  
  <p>However, it's also stated that Google Maps is free for static map loads on mobiles (iOS/Android) SDKs. See references</p>
  
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  <li><p><a href="https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/</a>
  "all users get: Free Maps usage for iOS, Android, and Embed (for displaying maps only)"</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://mapsplatformtransition.withgoogle.com/calculator" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mapsplatformtransition.withgoogle.com/calculator</a></p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><strong>Q)</strong> Do I still need to create a billing account given that I'm only going to use the free mobile maps API?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>