Google Pay now allows you to pay your friends

Yes, you still can not get Google Pay here in South Africa, but that does not make the latest update for the mobile payment application less noticeable.

Google has taken on its official blog to announce that the solution can now facilitate payments between two users (ie your partner who still owes you money with the thing .)

This is the last of a number of updates that Google has the application has been transferred from Android Pay to Google Pay earlier this year, which also included turning Google Wallet into Google Pay Send.

You could request a payment or funds from a friend or a contact through this platform, but now Google Pay can do it too.

An interesting aspect of the function is the ability to spread a check between five different people, which means that calculators are quick to find who owes what is no longer needed. worry. [19659002] Another feature added to the platform is the ability to store virtual tickets and boarding cards. A "Pbades" tab is now available in the app, along with gift cards and loyalty cards.

For the moment, the updates remain limited to users of the application on Android, but Gerardo Capiel, director of product management at Google Pay, says that the features will be ported to the iOS and desktop versions of the platform.

Capiel goes on to note that more partners, for ticketing, boarding card, gift cards and frequent flyer payment cards are in contact with Ticketmaster from Southwest Airlines at the moment.

With poorly served mobile payments here in SA, we may still be late before sharing a check with friends via Google Pay.

[Images – Google]