Expect your $50 Google Play credit to arrive about a day after your new Nexus

Those who got in early with a Nexus 6P or Nexus 5X order from the Google Store were promised a $50 Google Play gift card — but it's a tad confusing when it doesn't come in the box with the phone. Fear not, because you'll be getting an email from the Google Store a day or two after your new phone arrives with a code to deposit $50 into your account.

Google Play Store credit email

You can redeem the $50 of credit directly from the email with a link, but also note that the email contains a regular Google Play code that can actually be applied to any Google account. So if you'd like to spread the love a bit and give the $50 as a gift to someone, just send them that one-time use code and have them add it to their account through Google Play (just click "Redeem" in the sidebar).

No matter where it's going, make sure you redeem your $50 by the end of 2015, and spend it by the end of October 2016.

Haven't yet pulled the trigger on a new Nexus? You have until October 25 to order from Google and still get the Play Store credit.

Andrew Martonik

Andrew was an Executive Editor, U.S. at Android Central between 2012 and 2020.