

Google Wallet wasn't used by many people and was initially restricted to the Google Nexus phone.Īfter about four years, Google Wallet was replaced by Android Pay.

And now Google Wallet is backĭuring Google I/O 2022, Google announced the return of Google Wallet for Android and Wear OS, which much like Google Pay, allows you to store debit and credit cards, flight passes, event tickets, vaccination cards and more recently, digital IDs and driver licenses.At the time, contactless payments were a new phenomenon, and NFC was yet to be widely adopted by the Android phone market. In April 2021, Google discontinued the old Google Pay version in the US. It also started charging small percentage fees for debit card transfers.Įventually this version of Google Pay appeared as a new app in the Google Play Store, while the older version of Google Pay stuck around as well. This new version of Google Pay offered several new features, such as in-app messaging, personalized offers, transaction history, receipt scanning and much more. Google had been testing out a redesigned version of Google Pay in India, known as Google Tez. Google Pay was then discontinued and redesigned Google discontinued Google Pay Send in 2020 as the online payment feature was eventually ported over to Google Pay. Taylor Martin/CNET There was also something called Google Pay SendĪlthough Google Wallet and Android Pay merged, it took a few months for the peer-to-peer payment features to make their way over to Google Pay, and so Google redesigned Google Wallet into Google Pay Send for sending and receiving payments online. Google Wallet and Android Pay eventually became Google Pay. Is Google Wallet replacing Google Pay? Will Google Pay stick around? And what's the difference between the two services? However, Google Wallet has been around for over a decade, in various iterations, and so you might have some questions. All information is presented without any warranty or guarantee to you. It is possible that your actual offer terms from an advertiser may be different than the offer terms in this advertising widget and the advertised offers may be subject to additional terms and conditions of the advertiser which will be presented to you prior to making a purchase.

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