Google Wallet Play Store Listing Revealed to Launch Soon in India Work with Google Pay

Google Wallet may reportedly be launched in India soon with support for local integration. The search giant recently listed the Google Wallet app on the Play Store, with screenshots showing support for Indian banks, airlines and other services that offer loyalty points. It is not currently available to download for users in India via the Google Play store, but users can sideload the app and add a bank card for contactless payments. The app will reportedly work with Google Pay for users in the country.

By TechCrunch on Play Store Google Wallet App listing of saw It was shared with screenshots showing local integration with SBI, Air India and PVR Inox. Google replaced the photo with a US-specific photo after the publication reached out to the company, but four India-specific screenshots are visible in the cached version of the Play Store listing.

A Google spokesperson told Gadgets 360, “While we don’t have anything new to share right now, we’re always working to make the digital experience easier for people in India. “We will continue to work on the Google Pay app to give people easy, secure access to digital payments.”

At present it is not clear whether Google Wallet app will be launched in India in the coming time or not. Will it be present in India along with the UPI based Google Pay app, which competes with apps like Paytm, PhonePe, BHIM and Amazon Pay in India. Gadgets 360 had confirmed that the Google Wallet app is not available to download through the Play Store, but it does work if you sideload the new APK on Android smartphones. Currently, users can only add a credit or debit card to the app, which can be used to make contactless payments, while the loyalty point system teased through the Play Store listing does not work.

Currently, the Google Pay app offers more functions to users as it supports both contactless payments—on smartphones with NFC support, as well as Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments. The company may probably launch the Google Wallet app in India and it remains to be seen whether Google Pay and Google Wallet apps will be merged together, as Google has taken such a decision in many countries.