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Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Re: Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Post by ajross »

taeric wrote: post #3

I know the common joke is that Google made a mess of their messaging apps. I 100% am not clear what the correct app is to be able to do tap to pay from my phone. Kind of comical how hard that is to figure out.

Not understanding. What part is hard to figure out? The UI is literally that you tap your phone! There is no "app".

You only run the "Wallet" app UI if you want to mess with payment details, and even then it's integrated with all the other account payment stuff. So if you tried to sign up for more Drive space or ad-free youtube or whatever you've already done it. And in the worst case if you tap and you don't have it set up, it pops up automatically and prompts you.

Your complaint seems to be limited to the fact that they used an app name ("GPay") for something other than NFC payments. But... so what?

Re: Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Post by eadler »

taeric wrote: post #3

I know the common joke is that Google made a mess of their messaging apps. I 100% am not clear what the correct app is to be able to do tap to pay from my phone. Kind of comical how hard that is to figure out.

This post gives some history and context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39474629

Re: Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Post by kyrra »

ado__dev wrote: post #2

Are we back to Android Pay now? or is it Google Pay? Or are they stopping p2p altogether?

(googler, opinions are my own. I work in this space).

There are 2 apps here, and their functionality varies by country. Google Wallet is more closely tied into the OS to handle tap-and-pay functionality. In the US (and most of the world), management of your cards happens within the Wallet app (this includes Mobile Drivers License, which works at TSA in airports).

Google Pay has been through a rollcoaster in the US. We had 2 versions sort of going at once for a while. The "newer" version included management of cards for tap&pay for a while, but that all got pulled into Wallet stand along.

For P2P style functionality, Google Pay in India and Singapore are much more functional/popular. But I think those are the only countries where Google Pay P2P is active.

The GPay name is also used for paying online. (using your card-on-file with Google to pay that integrates with a merchants payment processor).

Re: Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Post by tiffanyh »

eadler wrote: post #15
taeric wrote: post #3

I know the common joke is that Google made a mess of their messaging apps. I 100% am not clear what the correct app is to be able to do tap to pay from my phone. Kind of comical how hard that is to figure out.

This post gives some history and context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39474629

That's a super interesting read about Google Pay / Android Pay / Pay.

Thanks for sharing.

Seems like you have a portion of the world where your phone number is your identity. And other portions of the world where you're email is it.

Re: Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Post by kmeisthax »

Ironically, Apple just announced P2P payments.

Which means this is almost certainly a temporary closure. Google will almost certainly relaunch with a new name, branding, and UX that rides on the coattails of Apple's marketing efforts, but P2P will be coming back. If you're competing with Apple, you can't just not do a thing Apple is doing.

Re: Google shuts down GPay app and P2P payments in the US

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Post by ssahoo »

kmeisthax wrote: post #19

Ironically, Apple just announced P2P payments. Which means this is almost certainly a temporary closure. Google will almost certainly relaunch with a new name, branding, and UX that rides on the coattails of Apple's marketing efforts, but P2P will be coming back. If you're competing with Apple, you can't just not do a thing Apple is doing.

Funny but i have to agree. Hope they dont rename it as Vertex Pay
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