Google Wallet App Launch in India. The Google Wallet App is design to store boarding passes, loyalty and gift cards, event passes, car keys, and transit tickets. This app can also digitise certain physical documents and store them for easy access.
As Google previously unified its payment and wallet apps in other markets, it has confirm that the Google Wallet app will exist alongside the Google Pay app in India, which will continue to handle payments via the NPCI’s UPI network and supported bank cards.
Google announce that the Google Wallet app will be available to download on Android smartphones via the Google Play store in India.
This app was spot on the Play Store in April 2024 with screenshots that hint at support for various features in India, such as storing and displaying flight tickets, loyalty cards, event tickets, and transit cards.
Google says that it has partner with over 20 companies in India, including PVR, Inox, Air India, Indigo, Flipkart, MakeMyTrip, Easemytrip, Ixigo, and Pine Labs.
The Google will also add support for more companies over the coming months.
As per Google, you will be able to add movie and event tickets from PVR and Inox to Google Wallet.
And mobile boarding passes can also be add to Google Wallet for easy access, as the app currently supports Air India and Air India Express flights, via firms like MakeMyTrip, Easemytrip, and Ixigo.
You will also be able to access transit cards for services such as Kochi Metro, Hyderabad Metro, VRL Travels, and Abhibus via the app.
Google Wallet app will also allow Indian users to scan physical documents, such as luggage tags, parking receipts, and printed airline boarding passes, using a QR code or barcode.
Corporate badges can also be add to Google Wallet, as the company has partner with integrators like Wavelynx and Alert Enterprise.
If users have smart personalisation settings enable in Gmail, the Google Wallet app will automaticaly fetch and display IPL, movie, and train tickets using the event confirmation mailed to the user, as per Google.
Google Wallet app will also let users access digital versions of their loyalty cards for Flipkart, Dominos, and Shoppers Stop.
The Google Wallet and Google Pay apps will continue to work independently of each other in India.
As the Google Wallet app will offer access to all the features mentioned above, access to UPI payments and contactless payments (tap-to-pay) using supported bank cards will be available via Google Pay in India.
