title: New Google Places Autocomplete and its pricing
body: <p>I am using the new <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/autocomplete" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Place Autocomplete</a> that is from the new static <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps#Google_Maps_API" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google Places</a> SDK client library (<a href="https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/autocomplete#option_2_use_an_intent_to_launch_the_autocomplete_activity" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>). So it is really easy to use and I just got <a href="https://iteritory.com/android-google-places-autocomplete-feature-using-new-places-sdk/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this tutorial</a> and it is working as expected.</p>
  <p>To add this in the project, I have to add following dependency in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gradle</a> file:</p>
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  <p>implementation ‘com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.0.0’</p>
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  <p>I have been reading Google pricing/usage and billing, but I have not figured out the pricing of this new Autocomplete (library version). All I found was <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/billing/understanding-cost-of-use?__utma=236542612.1090801536.1557128071.1558336422.1558336422.1&amp;__utmb=236542612.0.10.1558336422&amp;__utmc=236542612&amp;__utmx=-&amp;__utmz=236542612.1558336422.1.1.utmcsr=developers.google.com%7Cutmccn=(referral)%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/places/android-sdk/usage-and-billing&amp;__utmv=-&amp;__utmk=256567112&amp;_ga=2.99088542.-1090801536.1557128071" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>, but to me it looks like it is for the web version, as I do not think the session needs to maintain this new client library version.</p>
  <p>As I am not able to figure out pricing for the Places Auto complete (library version), is it free? Or if it is not free, what are billing criteria for this?</p>