Android Pay Now Available
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Android Pay Now Available
I didn't see another thread on the topic, but Android Pay is now available.
Android Pay reaches Google Play, ready for all in the US (engadget)
Works on any Android running 4.4 or higher with NFC. Google initially started updating Google Wallet a week ago to Android Pay, but now anyone can download it from Google Play.
Google Wallet acts as a new, standalone app for P2P payments.
Question: It says that it's only available in the US, but will work at any NFC PoS. Does that mean it won't work outside the US or just that I can't load a non-American credit card?
Android Pay reaches Google Play, ready for all in the US (engadget)
Works on any Android running 4.4 or higher with NFC. Google initially started updating Google Wallet a week ago to Android Pay, but now anyone can download it from Google Play.
Google Wallet acts as a new, standalone app for P2P payments.
Question: It says that it's only available in the US, but will work at any NFC PoS. Does that mean it won't work outside the US or just that I can't load a non-American credit card?
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Apple, meanwhile, has extended their own system well beyond the borders of the U.S. This is one area that could bring me back to iPhone if Google don't hurry up with rest of world.
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Can you now load international credit cards to Apple Pay that pay in other currencies?
Never mind - just checked and see that they're expanding to UK
Never mind - just checked and see that they're expanding to UK
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Despite Citi being an Android Pay partner, the app would not let me load either of my Citi AAdvantage cards.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
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Never used Apple Pay so no clue with this one...
If I add multiple cards to Android Pay, how does it know which card to use? Do I set one as a default and if I want to use a different one, select that before tapping?
If I add multiple cards to Android Pay, how does it know which card to use? Do I set one as a default and if I want to use a different one, select that before tapping?
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Despite Citi being an Android Pay partner, the app would not let me load either of my Citi AAdvantage cards.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
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Contactless cards are more convenient in some respects though so I'm not sure you're missing all that much. And don't some banks elsewhere already let you use NFC via their own Android apps?
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TD (Canada)- separate app, SIM with secure element and Canadian-registered Play Store account required. I don't have either. Thankfully the card itself is contactless.
ICBC (mainland China)- separate app, no region restriction, requires HCE-capable phone/Android version. Requires periodic SMS verification, though, so here in the US it's useless to me until I find my Chinese SIM again.
Which is breathtakingly short-sighted of them- they include a virtual Visa PayWave card presumably for international use, then require periodic SMS verification to the phone number on file with the bank, which must be Chinese, which you would presumably not be using while overseas if you don't want to go broke.
And the virtual UnionPay card requires online PIN with every transaction, in which case why do I bother getting out my phone and unlocking the screen when I could just insert my card?
Still, at least they went with HCE and didn't region-restrict their app.
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Despite Citi being an Android Pay partner, the app would not let me load either of my Citi AAdvantage cards.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
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Despite Citi being an Android Pay partner, the app would not let me load either of my Citi AAdvantage cards.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
Customer service explained that was due to American Airlines having yet to agree to participate. Well, my call to customer service earned me a 5,000 AAdvantage miles bonus.
I was able to load my Chase United MileagePlus card.
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American Airlines continues their hissyfit with Android Pay. Meanwhile ... today I received a jolly note from Citi AAdvantage congratulating me (as best I can put it) for having added my card to Samsung Pay.
As for Android Pay outside the U. S. (with an American-issued card), I've read reports it works fine.
As for Android Pay outside the U. S. (with an American-issued card), I've read reports it works fine.