Hands Free is a new app from Google that allows you to make in-store payments without ever reaching for your phone or wallet.
The Hands Free app uses Bluetooth low energy, WiFi, location services, and other sensors on your phone to detect whether you are near a participating store. This enables you to pay hands-free, without fumbling with your phone or opening the Hands Free app.
Hands Free is a separate app and is not related to Android Pay.
When you are ready to pay at a store, simply tell the cashier “I’ll pay with Google”. The cashier confirms your identity, using your initials and the photo you added to your Hands Free profile.
This process uses an in-store camera to automatically confirm your identity based on your Hands Free profile picture. All images and data from the Hands Free in-store camera are used only to confirm your identity for each Hands Free purchase. Images and data from the Hands Free in-store camera are deleted immediately, can’t be accessed by the store, and is not sent to or saved to Google servers.
Hands Free is currently available on Android and iOS devices and is rolling out to a small number of McDonald’s, Papa John’s, and local eateries in the area.
