The latest effort by the company to create a comprehensive digital wallet for its mobile platforms is now officially known as Google Wallet.
The app will act as a secure way to store items. This may sound a lot like what Google Pay can do, but it is actually a payments and financial management app for P2P payments and financial insights. The company's plans for the new wallet app are more grandiose.
In addition to payment cards and passes, Google sees Wallet as a way to keep up with a world where more items are becoming digitized for easier access from our mobile devices. Digital car keys, boarding passes, vaccine cards, student IDs, and more will be stored in Wallet. Hotel room keys, digital driver's licenses, and office badges will eventually be supported by Google. Whatever developers want to do, Google wants to support.
This will become the one-stop digital shop for everything you might otherwise carry in your wallet or pocket, but it will also enable helpful contextual updates and even connect these essentials to some of the apps you use most. The app will notify you of an upcoming concert you saved tickets for, or your boarding pass will update you on any delays or changes to your travel plans. When you look up directions using public transportation, your transit card and balance will be displayed in your wallet.
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Users will be able to add cards to the wallet from the pay app. Users will be able to add boarding passes and event tickets to their wallet by taking a picture of the items from their phones.
Most countries will notice that their Google Pay app has changed into a new look. In countries where the new Google Pay app is available, Wallet will arrive separately.
India was not mentioned in the plans for the Wallet app, but it will still be used by users who are familiar with it.
The new Wallet app is coming soon, meaning we could see it arrive over the summer or alongside the update to the OS.
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