Google Wallet now accepts all credit and debit cards

Now Google Wallet in Android phones accepts all credit and debit cards, before it accepted only Citibank Mastercard, only thing missing is the NFC signs in stores.


I just saw this earlier today in Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean OS when I was able to add my other cards, this will make our lives easier now.


“Since we released the first version of Google Wallet, the app that makes your phone your wallet, we’ve made it available on six phones from Sprint and Virgin Mobile, as well as the new Nexus 7 tablet. We’ve also partnered with more than 25 national retailers, and thanks to MasterCard PayPass, you can pay with your phone at more than 200,000 retail locations across the U.S.


Today we’re releasing a new, cloud-based version of the Google Wallet app that supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Now, you can use any card when you shop in-store or online with Google Wallet. With the new version, you can also remotely disable your mobile wallet app from your Google Wallet account on the web.”


Via Android Blog.

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See how stylist Lilliana Vazquez is able to use Google Wallet with ease when she does shopping. Before she had to pull up her credit card from her wallet, sign the receipt, now she does that without the card via Google Wallet.


Google Wallet is currently available in limited basis either in the number of merchants offering them as a pay option or in the number of phones this feature is available. Hopefully they will extend it to more phones and available in most shopping places. 

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How to Protect your Payments with Google Wallet

Google Wallet in Android phones was recently compromised by hackers, so Google is giving the following suggestions to prevent your payment cards from getting accessed by others.

1. If you are using a rooted phone, make sure you don't install Google Wallet, because it is unprotected in that OS version. In phones that Google Wallet can be used usually with Android 4.0 or higher, there is a face lock option and a pin password before you can access the payment card, in rooted phones there are no such options. Though the hackers can only access your pre-paid card option with Google, not your credit or debit cards in the wallet. 

2. If you are not using a rooted phone, don't use Google Wallet yet, Google will issue a protected version soon to overcome this flaw. Google's response for this problem: "For example, to address an issue that could have allowed unauthorized use of an existing prepaid card balance if someone recovered a lost phone without a screen lock, tonight we temporarily disabled provisioning of prepaid cards. We took this step as a precaution until we issue a permanent fix soon."

If you still have concerns or any concern in the future, you can contact Google Wallet support at this link.

Protecting your payments with Google Wallet

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