[holdenc]

Yes, Google Checkout became Google Wallet, which shut down their API for digital goods three days ago: https://developers.google.com/wallet/digital/

[21echoes]

their API for digital goods is now called Android Pay, and goes live within months ( http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/02/android-pay-is-real-and-wil... & http://www.androidcentral.com/google-launching-their-own-pay... )

[tdkl]

.. and what will it be called after that ?

Google seems to hit their head through the wall that the issue in user adoption are the APIs. Nope, it's politics.