New Google Wallet app pops up in preparation for Android Pay

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

September 16, less than a week from today, is when Android Pay is supposed to go live, according to the latest rumors we heard on September 4. The information allegedly came from Verizon through unofficial channels, and the fact that Mountain View has a new Google Wallet app ready in the Play Store is a clear indication that the rumors were (at least) close to reality.You will not be limited to paying in stores with the new Google Wallet app; instead, you’ll be able to send (and receive ...

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Android Pay gets an ETA: two weeks to go

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Android Pay is positioned to be the new home of payments on Android (good name choice, considering), evolving as sort of the next-gen Google Wallet. We’ve had confirmed reports of Pay going back to late winter, and Google more formally shared some of its plans for Android Pay at Google I/O this past May. All this has been setting us up for the service’s launch – so when would that be?

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Mobile-payment retail troublemaker finally learns to embrace Apple Pay, Google Wallet

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

When the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus landed last year armed with NFC support, retailers started seeing a huge uptick in consumer mobile payment interest, as users tried Apple Pay for the first time. Thanks to the presence of contactless payment chips on existing credit cards, not to mention previous NFC-based mobile payment systems like Google Pay and Softcard, lots of these retailers already had Apple Pay-compatible POS systems in place, so everything should have been ready to go for all these new users to start making ...

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Google shows signs of moving away from Wallet in anticipation of Android Pay

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

At Google I/O in late May, Google announced its next-gen mobile payment service, Android Pay. And while Android Pay sounded a hell of a lot like Google Wallet in terms of its functionality, it wasn’t long after the initial Android Pay announcement that Google was insisting that Pay wasn’t arriving to outright replace Wallet, and that the Wallet app would live on – and even get spruced up with plans for a ...

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Google updates Wallet and Inbox Android apps

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

We know from experience now that when Google decides to go big, it goes big. The same holds true for its app update days. Early this morning, we were hearing word of a major update to Hangouts, and then hours later we learned about a major Android Wear revision for Lollipop. ...

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Google Wallet goes all-in on Material Design in latest update

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Google Wallet has found itself in the news a bunch lately, but more as a secondary player in stories than the primary focus. Instead, it’s been Apple Pay taking the spotlight, and when retailers reacted to the launch of Apple’s mobile payment service by shutting off the NFC readers at their POS terminals, Google Wallet ended up suffering collateral damage. It’s almost an indignity to Google’s service that its use was just as much in violation of agreements between merchants and MCX, ...

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Why have certain retailers started blocking NFC payments?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Does NFC have a curse on it when it comes to mobile payments? Every time it seems like a payment system is just about ready to really become popular, it feels like some business interests have to step in, flex their muscle, and do everything in their power to ruin things. Android users faced that headache as carriers clashed with Google Wallet over access to the secure element on our phones, forcing Google to come up with a work-around. And now that

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Android Wear two months later: what still needs work

Posted on by Joe Levi

My LG G Watch arrived on July seventh and got slapped on my wrist just moments later. Since then I’ve worn it, my Pebble, and the Moto 360. I’m convinced that my days with Pebble (at least in its current incarnation) are behind me. Android Wear is significantly more advanced, easier to use, more intuitive, and all around better looking – especially when ...

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How much will Apple keep from each Apple Pay transaction?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

It’s impossible to talk about this week’s launch announcement of Apple Pay, the NFC-enabled mobile payment system available with the new iPhones and Apple Watch, without drawing comparisons to Google Wallet. And with good reason, as the two services are more alike than either company would probably like to admit – at the end of the day, they’re both moving money from A to B, and there aren’t that many ...

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Google Wallet Instant Buy API now available for iOS usage

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

One of the biggest problems merchants have is when a frustrating checkout experience results in a loss of potential customers. Google, by releasing the Wallet Instant Buy API for Android last year, remedied this — a simple “Buy With Google” button could be implemented by developers for quick, easy, and painless payment processing.The Instant Buy API provides merchants with a simple solution to take payments. User information is stored on Google servers until said user decides to go through with a purchase, when the information is transferred to the merchant to run through ...

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Google Android app updates: Wallet, Camera

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Yesterday we saw Google deliver a pretty substantial update to Maps, not just for Andorid, but iOS as well. And while that was a well-appreciated update, it also felt like it landed a tad bit early; as we mentioned at the time, Wednesdays tend to be Google’s big days for app updates. Well, Maps may have jumped the gun, but Google’s still got some new software it was saving for us today, and we’re hearing about new updates on their way for both Google Wallet and Google Camera. Wallet’s changes ...

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Google Wallet may be making its way to Glass, along with voice command

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

If you have Google Glass, and need to quickly send money to someone, you may soon be in luck. A report allegedly from sources close to Google states that the company is testing Glassware letting users do just that, and there is even a reported voice command associated with it — “OK Glass, send money”. The feature is similar to one we have seen rolled out to users of Gmail, so we would not exactly be surprised to see a similar feature land on Glass. Many use-cases can be thought up for the functionality a

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Google Wallet learns to track online orders in latest update

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Another Wednesday is upon us, and attentive smartphone fans should know what that means: Google releasing app updates galore. The first one we’ve become aware of today bring some new functionality to Google Wallet to help shoppers stay atop of orders they place. Remember, Wallet isn’t just used to tap-and-pay at retail stores, or buy some of the latest Android apps through Google Play; a growing number of online merchants are accepting Google Wallet as a ...

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Has Isis found the key to mobile payments, and is it as simple as cash back?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Mobile payments have been around for a while by now, but they haven’t really taken off in the way that a lot of the companies behind them would presumably want. After seeing the carriers and banks backing Isis place so much effort into derailing Google Wallet, we assumed that when Isis finally went nationwide we’d be seeing the big showdown that would ultimately reveal the victor. But instead, things just keep ...

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Google freshens up Wallet with UI tweaks, loyalty card scanning

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Last year was a tumultuous one for Google Wallet, and more than once we wondered if Google might be giving up the good fight and shuttering the service after the ridiculous amount of push-back it saw from certain wireless carriers. Nevertheless, Wallet triumphed, and with the launch of Android 4.4 we saw the service mature into something no longer reliant on whatever entity control’s your phone’s secure element. Following all that work expanding Wallet’s reach, Google is now working to add a few new features, as we hear ...

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