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Key facts
- Developer
- Initial release
- May 26, 2011 ; 15 years ago ( 2011-05-26 ) (as Google Wallet) September 11, 2015 ; 10 years ago ( 2015-09-11 ) (as Android Pay) January 8, 2018 ; 8 years ago ( 2018-01-08 ) (as Google Pay)
- Operating system
- Android 9 or later Wear OS 2.18 or later Fitbit OS
- Platform
- In store : Android phones or Wear OS /Fitbit OS smartwatches with NFC On the web : Android, ChromeOS , Windows , macOS , iOS , iPadOS , and Linux using Chrome , Edge , Firefox , Opera , Samsung Internet , or Safari
- License
- Proprietary
- Website
- pay .google .com /about /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- payment system
- Founded by
- Creator
- Developer
- Platform
- Wear OS
- Official website
- pay.google.com/about
- Has use
- e-commerce payment system
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- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/google_pay
- Commons category
- Google Pay
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/android-pay
- publication date
- 2018-06-26
- replaces
- Android Pay
- distributed by
- Google Play
- operating system
- Android Lollipop
- inception
- 2015-09-11
- copyright license
- proprietary license
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Google Pay (formerly Android Pay) is a mobile payment service developed by Google to power in-app, online, and in-person contactless purchases on mobile devices, enabling users to make payments with Android phones, tablets, or watches. Users can authenticate via a PIN, passcode, or biometrics such as 3D face scanning or fingerprint recognition.
As of 2025, it is available in 104 countries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Google Pay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.