Android Pay is coming soon to Chrome

Android Pay, the application of Google to make payments via smartphone, it's going to make the jump to the computer and will start being available in the Chrome browser soon. The goal is to speed up the purchase and payment process for products over the Internet as much as possible and reduce waiting times and unnecessary passwords.

The new payment method will also add an extra factor of security, since financial information (credit card or bank account number) will be stored exclusively on the secure servers of Android Pay and will not be shared with Internet merchants.

In the United States, in addition, Google has established an alliance with Uber to take full advantage of the rewards offered by the transportation service. The goal is to be able to offer discounts on Uber trips to users who pay using the Android Pay system

At the moment, Android Pay is only available in the United States and the United Kingdom, although it could soon arrive in other countries such as Australia and, Soon, to Spain.

How does the Android Pay payment application work?

Android Pay works in a similar way to other apps designed to facilitate and speed up payments over the Internet or in other stores in a safe and fast, via mobile phone (in Spain, for example, Samsung Pay has recently been launched for various high-end compatible models of the company).

In essence, the application works as a secure store of your financial data ”“for example, a credit or debit card”“ with the information protected and associated with a specific account ”“in this case, your Google account). When making the payment, you only have to prove your identity with the corresponding security measure ”“fingerprint, PIN, password, etc.) and Android Payis in charge of transferring money to the physical store or online store without sharing your data

At the moment, Android Pay is only available in the United States and the United Kingdom, but Google continues to sign agreements with different banking groups of large size around the world to offer the service in other places.For example, Australia is expected to be one of the next countries to receive the application.

As for the banks that have already signed agreements, in the United States Google has recently managed to ally itself with Chase so that your users with card VISA can use Android Pay , and in the United Kingdom an alliance will also be formed with Santander in the coming weeks This could be a good sign since it could open the doors to launch in Spain ifagreements are also reached with the Santander group in our country

In addition, the addition of Android Pay to the browser Chrome could announce an acceleration of the implementation process worldwide: as new banks and businesses in different countries accept this form of payment, the application Android Pay will begin to be available in different countries for both Android smartphones and Chrome browser users on the computer.