Google Pay now allows you to save transport tickets without NFC
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A large number of transport companies throughout the world are integrating Google's mobile payment platform as an access method, especially in places like Australia or the United States. However, in order to associate with Google Pay in case you have a transport company you will need to be using the RFID identification and many lines are not using it. This is a huge barrier to entry for many entrepreneurs to add their company to the platform and it is about to change.
The new Google Pay API already allows digitizing transport tickets without any need for contactless support (what's coming being NFC technology). Thanks to this, many more companies will be able to offer entry to their transport or stations with the Google app, without the need to make changes to their conventional tickets.
Google Pay now allows you to add tickets without NFC technology
This new API, as detailed by Google in its blog, allows you to save transport tickets in different ways: the most common will be QR codes, although there will also be a way to do it with barcodes, such as and as is already done with loy alty cards. Google Pay now also allows dynamic codes that will be updated in seconds and allow you to add extra security, especially if the device that carries it has an Internet connection .
With these dynamic codes, fraud will be much less common, as they will be updated instantly to give instant access to the person who is using the application. Google's effort has been so great that it will even allow access to transportation tickets and boarding passes without having the application installed This step may work against you by allowing you to use your tickets without Google Pay but it will be of great help to travelers.
Google Pay is gradually gaining ground. It is still far from being a standard for mobile payments at a global level but it is true that if it manages to capture the niche of loy alty cards and transport cards, little will It will mean making the leap to the ideal method for making mobile payments. If we take into account that practically all mobile phones sold are Android, the advantage is assured.
