Google Wallet, Google’s new payment app, has been officially introduced to the public and can be downloaded from the Play Store.
At Google I/O 2022, the company announced that it will be launching a new and improved Google Wallet.
The new digital wallet is now available on Android and Wear OS devices, though users in 39 countries have started to see it on their phones.
The official launch of Google Wallet is the latest stage in Google’s lengthy history of payment app modifications.
In 2018, Google Pay was developed by combining Google Wallet and Android Pay into a single app that incorporated tap-to-pay, tickets, and reward programmes under one umbrella that operated across Android and Google Chrome.
Google Pay received a major app update in 2020 to include peer-to-peer payments, deals, and other services.
With Google Wallet, you may save vaccination cards, transit and event tickets, as well as boarding and loyalty passes in addition to making payments.
Although Google’s version has several advantages over Apple’s Wallet, including extensive interaction with other Google apps like Maps, the features are comparable.
Some users may find the name confusing given that the company had released an app called Google Wallet in 2011 before combining its features into Google Pay. It’s now the opposite way around with Pay (mainly) merging into Wallet.
Here’s where things become really complicated. The majority of these markets will automatically update Google Pay to Google Wallet.
However, Google Wallet will continue to coexist with the Google Pay app in the United States and Singapore and can be downloaded separately from the Google Play Store.
“This,” according to Google, “is for those who desire “deeper payment experiences such as viewing and monitoring their transactions, making P2P payments, and saving money through offers.”
Over the years, things have changed, and a digital wallet now encompasses more than just storing credit cards on your smartphone.
With its development, Google Wallet is now entrusted with keeping other important documents like IDs, membership cards, flight passes, transport cards, hotel keys, and more.
Google introduces Google Wallet without any fanfare
