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There are not a few people who have wondered what has happened to Google Pay on Android in recent days. The Google application to manage your payments has undergone a rebranding or name change, and from now on you will find it on your mobile under the name Google Wallet.
Google Pay users will not need to do anything as this change will be automatic. If you do not have automatic updates enabled, you will have to enter the Play Store to download the latest update that will include the news that it brings with it beyond the new name.Google Wallet is now available to download for free from the Android app store.
What's new with Google Pay as Google Wallet
It is inevitable that there will be some curiosity to know what are the new features of Google Pay as Google Wallet, since with the previous denomination it was It is common to find complaints from users on social networks for its operation. Google Wallet will introduce new features, a new design and improved privacy settings so that its users can better control the information they share, as Google is informing its users.
With Google Wallet you can make payments in stores and carry out procedures with your plane tickets or tickets for cultural events with your Android phone and the Wear OS watch, but you can also save elements from a web page or an app that you found interesting.
With a few taps on the Google Wallet application, the user will have at their disposal the contactless payment history they have made in the last few days. Another novelty is the organization of the cards included in this payment application, which will be much simpler and more intuitive for the user to find and use them more easily .
How to use Google Wallet
The new design of the application will dispel any doubts about how to use Google Wallet thanks to the intuitive layout of its elements. As soon as you open the app, you will find the 'Add to Wallet' button at the bottom, where you can add your card by clicking on 'Payment card'. Then, you just have to click on the message 'New credit or debit card' and add the card number to complete the process. This will allow us to make contactless payments at establishments that accept the Google Pay system.
On the other hand, Google Wallet will also make it easier for us to include our loy alty cards from various supermarkets. In this case, we click on the 'Loy alty' button and choose the establishment we want to add our card details. In this way, every time we make a purchase in them, all possible discounts and benefits will be automatically added to save a few euros in the shopping cart.
Google Wallet also includes other functions, such as the possibility of including your city's transport card, although they are not currently available The main Spanish cities are available (there are many American cities, a useful tool in case of traveling to that country). What we can do is look for gift cards to be able to give them to our friends and acquaintances if we have no idea what to give them when their birthdays arrive.
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