Today, Google rolled out a new app, Google Pay for Android. In case the name doesn’t give it away, it’s designed to let you pay for things and track purchases via your phone. But that’s just the beginning; Google has loftier plans for Pay down the road. Ready to check it out? Here’s everything you …
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If you have one of the many Android Wear watches compatible with Android Wear 2.0 (full list in link), you’re in for a treat. With Android Wear 2.0, and the more recent Android Wear update bringing the platform in sync with Android Oreo, Google redesigned the interface and added new features that are aimed directly at competing with the Apple Watch, and …
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I pull out my phone. I tap it to the terminal. I’m told I can’t use it, I have to use a credit card. I apologize, reach for my wallet. I feel like an idiot. This is me making payments in 2017. I don’t use my phone to pay for things all that much. Or, my watch. I use my …
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Tap your phone for tapas. That’s what Google wants Spaniards to do, now that the company has launched its Android Pay mobile-payments service in Spain. The mobile-wallet app stores your payment, gift and loyalty card info and lets you pay by tapping your phone on a checkout terminal or by hitting the Android Pay button in an app like Hotel …
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Android Pay is now available in Taiwan, Google announced Thursday. The contactless payment system was introduced in September 2015 in the US and since then has expanded to a handful of other countries. Android Pay lets you make purchases by tapping your phone on a credit card terminal. It came out a year after Apple Pay, which lets you do the …
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Apple and Samsung have been fattening their pockets with digital wallets for years, and now LG wants in. The company rolled out LG Pay in South Korea on Friday, it said in a statement. South Korean users of the LG G6 will be the first to be able to use the service. LG Pay allows users to register up to …
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Canadians no longer need their wallets in certain local shops, they just need their Android phone. Google said Wednesday it’s launching Android Pay in Canada. The pay-with-your-phone feature is supported by several major banks, such as Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank, and can be used in a handful of chain retailers like McDonald’s, Petro-Canada and Tim Hortons. Canadians will also …
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Google and PayPal have teamed up to make mobile purchasing easier — well, at least that’s what they’re hoping. The two companies on Tuesday said they’re growing their existing partnership and will soon allow US customers to use PayPal as a payment option within Android Pay, Google’s mobile wallet. That way, someone with a PayPal account can connect it to …
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Google’s Android Pay is hooking up with banks around the world. The mobile payments service announced Wednesday that it’s partnered with Bank of America, Bank of New Zealand, Discover, mBank and USAA. Now customers of these banks can add their cards to Android Pay. “This latest collaboration with banks expands Android Pay’s capabilities as an open platform, and moves us …
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There’s an old football saying: When you have two starting quarterbacks, you have none. I’ve watched the New York Jets go through a lot of seasons with a lot of quarterbacks on the roster, but no single hero. I just spent a week with Google’s new Android Wear 2.0 software update on two different watches, and I feel like Android …
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