Google is taking the first step to unifying its disparate payment brands.
With the latest update to the Gmail app for Android, you now have the ability to attach money transfers within the app, making it even easier to transfer money between friends and family.
Though the Google Wallet app still lives on for Android and iOS, Google has announced a fresh launch of the Google Wallet website, giving the service a place to live as Android Pay continues to expand.
The 'Google Payments PIN' is annoying to use, but it won't be around for long. As Google gets more banks on board with support for Android Pay, everyone will have a better experience using the service.
Android Pay is finally available to use, and that means there are major changes for Google Wallet. We're going to explain how these two mobile payment apps from Google break down and work together.
Google has announced that its new mobile payment system, Android Pay, will begin rolling out today.
When Android Pay was unveiled at Google I/O, questions swirled about Google Wallet — now we have a better idea of what's going on. Android Pay is a new initiative from Google that seems to be a more comprehensive effort at a payments system, hitting key points and features that Google Wallet never did. With Android Pay, you'll be able to have multiple debit and credit cards associated...
Google today announced a new partnership with ChowNow to support thousands of independent restaurants across the US with Google Wallet. From today, all ChowNow restaurant apps have been updated to include Google Wallet functionality, something that could prove to be both difficult and costly for said independent establishments to implement on their own. Now, when ordering through...
Google Wallet and Google Play are wonderful services, and they're very convenient when you want to make a quick movie rental or order a new album. However, as easy as it is to put your payment information into an account to authorize a purchase, taking it back out isn't exactly difficult, but you do have to know where to look for it. Maybe you just wanted to buy your kid some Google...
Google has today announced a new feature in Gmail for UK users. It's now possible to transfer funds through the email service using Google Wallet. The new transfer feature in the desktop version of Gmail is free to use and doesn't require the recipient to have a Gmail address – they'll be required to set up and configure a Google Wallet Balance to receive the transferred funds....
Disney announced that it would bring contactless payments to its resorts before Christmas, and is now rolling out the feature this week. Visitors heading to Walt Disney World will be able to pay using Google Wallet from December 24. Last year, Disney rolled out MyMagic+, through which customers could charge purchases made within the resort to their hotel room. The technology...
It looks as though Google is eager to kick start your holiday shopping this season. Running through January 31st, you can score a free $5 gift card for yourself when purchasing gift cards with Google Wallet from select online stores. The stores include: Regal Cinemas Sephora Staples Toys "R" Us on Gyft.com Whole Foods Market While the promotion only applies to gift cards...
Google announced today that it has some big savings in store for those of you shopping around the with your favorite retailer apps from the Google Play Store. If you choose "Buy With Google" at checkout you can snag some great deals from several different participating retailers. To take advantage of the deals, you'll have to have a Google Wallet account set up and ready to go. From...
Google Wallet can be as secure as a physical card at your favorite retailers - or even more secure, considering tokenization makes cards stolen in recent hacks such as the Target and Home Depot breaches useless. But how do you keep someone else from stealing your phone to pay for stuff? How do you keep the other side of your digital wallet secure? Well, it's quite simple, and coming...
We've heard a lot this past week about tap-and-pay being introduced to the iPhone 6. But it's also been a longtime feature available to Android devices, and for many of us it's a quick and easy way to pay for all sorts of things. Of course, it's not available worldwide, and not every merchant accepts it. But its usage is growing, and Apple getting into the game should only make it more...
The basics behind Google's digital wallet Google Wallet has been around for a few years now, but most American users couldn't really use it before last November when Kit Kat landed and brought a new method for mobile payments and a method to try and prevent carriers from blocking the app. But if you think Google Wallet's just for tap-and-pay, you're sadly mistaken. There's a lot more...
Google Wallet makes it easy to use your bank account to pay — here's how to set it up Google Wallet, as our very own Phil says, "was born from the idea that it should be easy to pay for things with your phone." Google Wallet does make that pretty easy, especially when you have your bank account linked to it. I think of Google Wallet as acting like a debit or credit card sometimes, at...
No matter the amount, Google Wallet has you covered for person-to-person money transfers Google Wallet does plenty of things, including letting you make mobile payments at some of your favorite stores and hold all of your loyalty cards, but one of its huge values is as a person-to-person money transfer service. It's one of the lesser-known features of Google Wallet, but it actually...
Google Wallet can do some pretty cool things, like store your loyalty cards — and we're here to go through the process with you Imagine you're at the store — one of those stores that gives you some kind of financial incentive to carry around a loyalty card. But, in your frantic rush out the door, you forgot that little piece of plastic. Sure, maybe you could enter your phone number to...
Google has just expanded the ability to collect money through Google Play to eight new countries, bringing the total to 45 around the world. Developers from Greece, Luxembourg, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam can now apply to have a Google Play Merchant account and collect money for paid apps in their home currency. Previously these developers could publish...