As time goes by increases the volume of financial operations that are managed through mobile devices. Aware of this, Google wants to develop formulas that make these payments through our smartphones even easier.
Thus, as part of the Google I / O 2017 developer conference that kicked off last Wednesday, the company has revealed that it will incorporate new payment options and features for Android device owners that will include the sending money through Google Assistant.
Your payments, through voice commands with Google Assistant
After Google announced that Android device users can now make online payments with any card that they have previously saved in their Google account, in a post published yesterday, the company also confirmed that soon will add a way to send money to people via Google Assistant voice commands. In this way, once a card is linked to the Google account, users can say something like "Ok Google, send 30 euros to Jose" to Google Assistant on their smartphones or on the Google Home speaker, and the money will be sent to that person.
Along with this announcement, Google is also launching the Card Linked Offers API so developers can send specific offers to loyalty card users through Android Pay.
And the news continues with mobile payments through Android because the company has also announced that Android Pay will be launched soon in countries such as Brazil, Canada, Russia, Spain and Taiwan, while Google ensures that it continues to work with PayPal in order to offer users a more "optimized" mobile payment experience on Android.
Finally, Google announces that it is working with the Clover company to integrate Google's smart payment features, which means that application developers will be able to include Android Pay functions more directly, including support for the redemption of loyalty bonuses. , coupons and gift cards.
