“GPay” will remain the app available there, while US and Singapore users can continue to use GPay for money management and finding deals. The key exception is that Wallet is not coming to India.

The aforementioned Android app update ( via the Play Store) is coming this summer and Google Wallet will also be coming to Wear OS, starting with payment cards. Wallet will be available in the over 40 countries Google Pay is available in today. In short, Google Wallet is the container for your various payment methods, important cards, and whatever else you keep in your pocket/purse/bag. If your balance is running low, you can quickly tap and add fare before you arrive at the station. Meanwhile, it will integrate with other Google apps:įor example, when you add a transit card to Wallet, your card and balance will automatically show up in Google Maps when you search for directions. That, along with virtual car keys and student IDs, makes up the existing set of what can be saved to your phone. This is led by credit and debit cards, as well as transit and event tickets, airline boarding passes, loyalty/gift cards, and vaccination records. With this payments push, Google wants to replace and virtualize physical wallets.

Google Wallet will replace the old Google Pay app installed on your phone, and - if the company gets its way - your physical wallet, too.įor starters, the Google Pay application already installed on your phone - its icon is a multi-colored ‘G’ followed by “Pay” against a white circular background - will soon become the new “Google Wallet” app.

After its previous payments push (which involved modernizing banking and making it mobile-friendly) ended, Google is back with something a bit more straightforward but equally ambitious.

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