GOOGLE PAY

Originally launched as Android Pay, the service was released at Google I/O 2015. Android Pay was a successor to and built on the base established by Google wallet which was released in 2011. It also used technology from the carrier-backed Softcard—Google had acquired its intellectual property in February 2015.I At launch, the service was compatible with 70% of Android devices, and was accepted at over 700,000 merchants.Google Wallet still powered web-based Play Store purchases and some app-based peer-to-peer payments, for instance in Gmail.

Google Pay (stylized as G Pay; formerly Pay with Google and Android Pay) is a digital wallet platform and online payment system developed by Google to power in-app and tap-to-pay purchases on mobile devices, enabling users to make payments with Android phones, tablets or watches.
Google Pay

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