Google-Wallet

Google wants to add greater third party support to Wallet, create a total replacement for your real billfold

Though any immediate plans are unknown at this time, at a recent developer talk Google Wallet development manager Robin Dua revealed a desire to build greater support for third party credentials into the mobile payment service. This would include everything from transit passes to reward cards, with the ultimate goal being to provide a total replacement for the physical billfold in your back pocket.

The move echos recent pushes by Microsoft and Apple to provide similar all-in-one services to store payment credentials, but wants to take things a step further through the use of geo-location to automatically pull up the appropriate ticket when near an event and peer-to-peer payments. Exact details on when such features might become available were not made known.

[via TheVerge]

 

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