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On Wednesday , Google launch its digital wallet in India with local integrations , intimately two years after the app wasrelaunched as a digital wallet platformin the U.S.
As TechCrunchexclusively reportedlast month , Google Wallet will operate in India alongside the existing Google Pay app , which will remain the party ’s payment app in the nation . Google hadreplaced its Pay app with Walletin the U.S. in February .
“ Google Pay is not going anywhere . Google Pay is our elementary payment utilise typesetter’s case , ” Ram Papatla , general handler and India engineering lead for Android at Google , said at a insistence conference in New Delhi . “ Wallet is specifically tailored for thinking about the non - payment use cases . ”
Google Wallet will let Android users in India store and access their boarding passes , gift cards , consequence ticket , and allegiance passes . you could add all of this through a QR code , barcode or link shared through Gmail , or by using a dedicated Add to Google Wallet clitoris usable on better half apps .
The app will also store transit ticket and let you make passes from any mental image containing a barcode or QR code , such as air hose boarding strait , luggage tag or parking receipts .
ab initio , Google Wallet will work with 20 brands , including PVR Inox , Flipkart , Air India , MakeMyTrip , Pine Labs and Ixigo . It has also onboarded local transport operators such as Kochi Metro , Hyderabad Metro , VRL Travels and AbhiBus . to boot , the company has partnered with system integrators Wavelynx and Alert Enterprise to let users store and get at their embodied badge .
Android continues to dominate the smartphone grocery in India , with a 93 % market parcel , per a la mode Counterpoint data shared with TechCrunch . In 2023 , out of the 152 million smartphones shipped in the land , 140 million ran Android . Smartphone penetration rate for the year was 70 % , up from 66 % in 2021 , the grocery enquiry business firm said .
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All this gives Google a solid reason to found Wallet in India . However , it would look competition from Samsung Wallet , which the South Korean company offers as a one - stop digital wallet and payments app . Apple also has its Wallet app for iPhone exploiter in the nation , though that app does n’t have many local desegregation . Instant message app WhatsApp also provides the ability to get practical embarkation passes and theodolite tag from platforms like MakeMyTrip and state metro train hustler .
