In the past few years, people pay for products in coins, paper money and plastic cards. Now, Google has opened a new way of buying method thanks to Google Wallet. Google Wallet allows customers to pay just by waving the phones over a terminal. Google Wallet is in partnership with Citibank, Mastercard, Sprint and First Data. Below is the list of eight things you should know about Google Wallet.
How To Pay Using Google Wallet
Google Wallet is the Android app that makes your phone function as a wallet. The app stores the all your existing plastic cards on your phone. To fully use Google Wallet, the installation of this app to your NFC-enabled smartphone is a must; then, enable the app to get access to your cards and wait for email or test message from Google to confirm. From then on, you are able to pay for any products just by tapping your keyboard.
How To Pay Using Google Wallet
What Phones Have Google Wallet
Google Wallet is connected with Google’s Nexus S 4G from Sprint and any NFC-enabled phones.
How It Works
Google Wallet operates on near-field communication technology to transfer the data from phone to sale point.
Where It’ll Work
Google Wallet’s payment is available in any MasterCard PayPass terminal worldwide.
What It Will Cost
The Google Wallet App will be appraised at no cost.
Where You Can Use Google Wallet
Google Wallet is firstly introduced in New York and San Francisco.
Payment Methods
When being debuted, the Google Wallet only will work with MasterCard from Citi and Google Prepaid Card which will be free until the end of 2011.
Google Wallet’s Security Features
Thanks to NFC chips, Google Wallet requires users to enter a pin before each tranmission Otherwise, the Google Wallet encrypts your credit card information on those chips.
Google Wallet’s Security Features
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