Google Wallet Play Store Listing Revealed to Launch Soon in India Work with Google Pay
on the Play Store by TechCrunch Google Wallet app Listing of seen The photo was shared with screenshots showing local integration with SBI, Air India, and PVR Inox. Google replaced the photo with a US-specific one after the publication reached out to the company, but a cached version of the Play Store listing shows 4 India-specific screenshots.
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’ll continue to work on the Google Pay app to give people easy, secure access to digital payments.”
It is not clear at the moment whether the Google Wallet app will launch in India in the near future or not. Will it be available 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 confirmed that the Google Wallet app is not available to download through the Play Store, but it works when sideloading a 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 points 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 launch the Google Wallet app in India and it remains to be seen whether the Google Pay and Google Wallet apps will be merged as Google has taken such a decision in many countries.
