Today, Google’s director of product Management, Android Pay, Pali Bhat, took to the official Android blog to reveal the official roll out of Android Pay across more than a million places in the United States. The repayment solution enables you to utilize your Android smartphone to make payments at vendors that accept tap as well as pay solutions.
The service will take care of not just mobile payments, however likewise store your loyalty cards, gift cards as well as any type of special promotions that these vendors may be offering, bringing whatever shopping, together in one practical location, i.e., your smartphone. Pali promises more features will be added to the service as it matures over the coming months.
As of now, Android Pay will support the major repayment networks, comprising of American Express, Discover, MasterCard as well as Visa. supported places at the time of introduce include the likes of Coca Cola, Aeropostale, Babies”R”Us, Macy’s, Staples, Subway, sports Authority, as well as a number of others in the fold. more vendors will naturally be constantly added as they begin accepting the new platform.
As expected (and previously announced), Android Pay needs NFC for payments, as well as will work on any type of Android smartphone running KitKat 4.4 or above. In order to address security concerns, like Apple Pay, Android Pay does not provide your actual credit/debit card information to the retailer. Instead, it opts for tokenization, where a random, online account is produced to process your payments, adding an additional layer of security. instantaneous purchase notifications with the vendor’s details ensure that any type of suspicious as well as fraudulent activity is instantly spotted as well as caught, as well as should you even lose your device, remote lock as well as wipe is there to assist you out.
Similar to Apple Pay, Android Pay will begin offering speedy checkouts in mobile buying apps as well. This performance is expected to decrease later this year as the platform continues to evolve. The availability of Android Pay will continue to boost in the coming days, weeks as well as months. Existing Google wallet individuals will see an app update that will allow them to utilize this, while new individuals will have the choice to download a fresh app in a few days. specific carriers in the U.S. will provide the app preinstalled on new NFC-enabled Android smartphones.
Google will hope that Android Pay becomes as mainstream as well as as prominent as Apple Pay, which Apple introduced over a year ago. As long as it is advantageous to the consumers, it’s basically just a matter of your OS option that would differentiate the two services, unless something major occurs down the line.
Samsung is likewise set to introduce its repayment solution, similar to Apple Pay as well as Android Pay, called Samsung Pay (genius?) by the end of this month on September 28th.
Update x1: Android Pay app is now live. You can download the APK from here.
(Source: Google)
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