What could be easier today than paying a merchant using your Android smartphone? Simply launch an app, hold your phone near a payment terminal, and you're done. But for security reasons, Google has decided to make things a little more complicated for users.
When it comes to paying for an item or service using your Android smartphone, there's nothing like using Google Wallet. The app not only allows you to store and view all your payment and loyalty cards, but also, of course, to make a direct payment.
On the other hand, a small change is about to happen within the app. A change that some will find less practical, but rest assured, it's for your own good.
This is why Google Wallet is becoming slightly less convenient to use
Until now, when you wanted to make a payment with Google Wallet, you simply had to unlock your smartphone, launch the app, and simply place the device in front of a card reader. Google had introduced a 3-minute delay to pay for a purchase, after which it was necessary to unlock the app again. But it was still possible to consult all the cards saved in Google Wallet. To unlock a payment, you previously had to enter your PIN, password, or use biometric recognition.
However, with the new version of the app, it's no longer access to the various cards that is locked after 3 minutes: it's the Google Wallet home screen that is blocked, rendering the app unusable. This is a little less practical, because you can no longer view your list of payment cards after this time. But this offers much better security for the application, since the application actually blocks after this 3-minute period.
A good point then, because remember that the application is not only used to pay for purchases: it also allows you to store loyalty cards, or even an identity card (in some countries for the moment like the United States, in France it is necessary to use the France Identité application for the moment).
The change should take effect with version 25.18 of Google Wallet, already being rolled out. This modification concerns Android smartphones and tablets, but also smartwatches under Wear OS like the Pixel Watch 3 or the Galaxy Watch7.
Source: 9To5Google
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