Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more
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Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more
#2(Googler, opinions are my own. I also work on backend payment systems there). Also, this is a copy/paste from the other thread that never hit the front-page.
A fun technical piece here is that this expands on the Google Pay for India app, which is built on Flutter for android and iOS[0]. As well, it's great to see Plex (bank accounts) officially announced, though it was talked about ~1 year ago here[1].
[0] https://developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/google-pay-picks-f...
Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more
#3>That’s why we’re working with trusted financial institutions to create Plex, a new mobile-first bank account integrated into Google Pay.
Plex is already a product.
Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more
#4Google got rid of automated Google Fi group payment splitting/management, does this add a feature that will replace that?
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#5Google already has too much info from email, location tracking, and search history.
Getting into bank accounts is too much. It would let them know exactly how effective advertising is since they would see how money is spent and they already know what advertisements they show you.
Sorry, but no. Hard pass from me.
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#6I really admire Google, but they have become notorious for their “fast fail” mentality and product sun setting.
No matter how good this may be I don’t trust google to not close this down or make major modifications that could cause issues in 1,3,5+ years from now.
So it’s a reluctant “no thanks” from me, as I really wish they would plan their product portfolio more long term than history so far demonstrates.
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#7Coming to a Google Graveyard near you in 202X.
Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more
#8Google already has too much info from email, location tracking, and search history. Getting into bank accounts is too much. It would let them know exactly how effective advertising is since they would see how money is spent and they already know what advertisements they show you. Sorry, but no. Hard pass from me.
They say your transaction history with Google Pay won't be used in other Google services. How much you trust that is up to you.
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#9The UI seems quite slow. When changing tabs or scrolling there is a noticeable delay. Feels about 60% like a native app.
I noticed someone in this thread say its built with Flutter which is cool to see! Hopefully it can compete with native sometime soon.. in the meantime this isn't there yet
Edit: Testing on iOS right now
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#10Google got rid of automated Google Fi group payment splitting/management, does this add a feature that will replace that?
Start a group, tap "Split a bill", I've been using it for my Fi group for a bit now.