Google starts rolling out its Android Pay across the US. Android Pay is the simple and secure way to pay with your Android phone at over one million locations across the US. Android Pay also stores your gift cards, loyalty cards and special offers right on your phone.
Earlier, Google has officially announced the Android Pay at Google I/O 2015, and it can be used with Android M’s new built-in fingerprint support: purchases can be confirmed using users’ fingerprints.
Google said they will be rolling out gradually over the next few days. Also they will continue to add more features, as, banks and store locations, in the coming months, making it even easier to pay with your Android phone.
Android Pay works with all NFC-enabled Android devices (running KitKat 4.4+), on any mobile carrier, at every tap and pay ready location across the US.
Android Pay will support credit and debit cards from the four major payment networks: American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. These cards are issued by many of the most popular US banks and credit unions, including American Express, Bank of America, Discover, Navy Federal Credit Union, PNC, Regions Bank, USAA, and U.S. Bank. Wells Fargo will be available in the next few days, Capital One and Citi are coming soon, and they will add more new banks.
Android Pay is supported by industry standard tokenization to keep your personal and financial information more secure. This means your real credit or debit card number isn’t sent with your payment. Instead, they will use a virtual account number that provides an extra layer of security. As soon as you make a purchase, you’ll see a payment confirmation that shows where a given transaction happened, so it’s easy to catch any suspicious activity.
And if your phone is ever lost or stolen, simply use Android Device Manager to instantly lock your device from anywhere, secure it with a new password, or even wipe it clean of your personal information.
Google also announces a new Google Wallet app — now focused exclusively on sending and receiving money. You can use Google Wallet with your Android or iOS device to send money to anyone in the US with an email address, even if they are not a Wallet user. And now, when you receive money through Google Wallet, you can quickly cash out to a debit card or linked bank account.
It’s easy, fast, and free to send money directly from your bank account, debit card or Wallet Balance. When you receive money through Google Wallet, you can spend it using your Google Wallet Card wherever Debit MasterCard is accepted in the US, use your Wallet Card to withdraw it from participating ATMs, or cash out to a debit card or linked bank account.
The already existing Google Wallet user will be able to access Android Pay through an update to the Wallet app. For new users, Android Pay will be available for download on Google Play in the next few days, and will come preinstalled on new NFC-enabled Android phones from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
The new Google Wallet is available on Google Play, and will be available in the App Store in the next few days.
PayAnywhere, a mobile credit card reader, formerly announced that it accepts Apple Pay payments and Android Pay payments (will be added in the month of September) for businesses and individuals.
Samsung also unveiled the secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service called Samsung Pay, that can be used to make purchases nearly everywhere cards are accepted. And they said, “They will launch this mobile payment service in Korea on August 20 and in the U.S. on September 28. It also plans to roll out the service in the U.K., Spain and China.”
