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Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah the split it up. I am pretty sure this is the Vemo like service of being able to send money to other people.

The banking system in the US is so messed up, and Venmo is so hostile. Here in the UK I can just send people money immediately, and been able to do that for decades.

Same here (Swish), we've got great authentication as well (BankID)

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now.

It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet.

Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change.

A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter and you bet people are believing it or double checking because it's Google.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now. It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet. Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change. A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter a…

> I know Sundar has been great...

Think the execs responsible for this were excused en masse or quit: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/google-pay-team-repo...

Some founded a fintech company that now also does AI, because why not.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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post #3

That title is very misleading, it ONLY impacts the US version

Wait a minute, I thought Google Pay was the android wallet for storing cards to make purchased via tapping your phone/watch. This talks about having a balance, does Google Pay offer accounts in the US, or am I getting myself mixed up with another product? [Edit] I don't think I'm getting mixed up. https://pay.google.com/about/ > Google Pay is the fast, simple way to pay on sites, in apps, and in stores using the card…

There's the Google Pay service that processes payments.

There's the old Google Pay app that got rebranded as Google Wallet.

And then there's a newer Google Pay app available only in the US, Singapore, and India. This is the one getting shutdown.

See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pay

And a very helpful chart: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Googlepayments.svg

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now. It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet. Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change. A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter a…

I likely lost touch with some friends over the years because of general confusion over Google Talk, GTalk through GMail, Google+ Hangouts, later Hangouts, GChat (which I understand to be separate from the current Google Chat?), and Google Chat. The ones I've kept in contact with all agreed to move back to SMS and email.

Meanwhile ten years after Apple supported adding boarding passes to their wallet, I finally managed to force a plane ticket into my Google wallet by taking a picture of the barcode, so there's that.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait a minute, I thought Google Pay was the android wallet for storing cards to make purchased via tapping your phone/watch. This talks about having a balance, does Google Pay offer accounts in the US, or am I getting myself mixed up with another product? [Edit] I don't think I'm getting mixed up. https://pay.google.com/about/ > Google Pay is the fast, simple way to pay on sites, in apps, and in stores using the card…

There's the Google Pay service that processes payments. There's the old Google Pay app that got rebranded as Google Wallet. And then there's a newer Google Pay app available only in the US, Singapore, and India. This is the one getting shutdown. See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pay And a very helpful chart: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Googlepayments.svg

Jesus Christ that chart. What is going on over at Google???

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now. It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet. Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change. A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter a…

It gets worse though, the app actually split into "Google Pay" and the new "GPay", where the latter was originally an India-only app they reworked for the rest of the world. In old Google Pay you'd see messages that it'll stop working soon and that you should migrate to the new GPay, but if you ignored them you could still use it. Then, they eventually overhauled old Google Pay back to "Google Wallet", and now they're telling people in the US remaining on "new" GPay that it's deprecated and to switch back...

Pulled precisely from the Google textbook. Specifically the chapter on Hangouts.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Google's history with their payment apps/platform is almost as convoluted as their history with message apps/platforms. I swear they have gone back and forth on Android Pay/Google Wallet/Google Pay a half dozen times.

You mean Google TalkVoiceWaveBuzzDiscoHangoutsmeetHuddleHangoutsAlloDuoHangoutsmeetHangoutschatPhonemessagingChat?

Google does not mess around with adherence to "naming things is hard."

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