We are writing to inform you about changes to your Google Pay experience. As we continue to provide safe and seamless payments to users around the world, we are also simplifying the app experience in the U.S. For years, Google Wallet has been the primary place to securely store payment cards used for tap and pay in stores, alongside your other digital items like transit cards, driver’s license or state IDs, and more. While in-store and online payments via Google Pay are unchanged, the U.S. version of the standalone Google Pay app will no longer be available for use starting June 4, 2024.
Anywhere you normally use Google Pay — from checking out online to tapping and paying in stores — remains the same. If you use your Android phone to shop in stores where Google Pay is accepted, you can continue to tap to pay in stores with the Google Wallet app. Learn more about Google Wallet.
Here are the key changes and important dates:
• As of today you will no longer be able to view or activate deals in the app. If you previously activated a deal, and are still waiting for cash back, regular reward timelines apply. We know finding the best deal is important when shopping, which is why we launched a new deals destination on Search.
• Changes to peer-to-peer payments: As of June 4, 2024, you will no longer be able to send money to, request, or receive money from others through the U.S. version of the Google Pay app.
• Manage your Google Pay balance from the Google Pay app until June 4, 2024: You can use the U.S. version of the Google Pay app until June 4, 2024 to view and transfer your Google Pay balance to your bank account. You can continue to view and transfer your funds to your bank account after June 4, 2024 from the Google Pay website. Learn more about transferring money out of Google Pay.
If you have linked accounts on Google Pay to monitor your transactions and insights, you’ll still be able to view your transactions on the Google Pay website in the transactions tab after June 4, 2024. If you wish to disconnect your accounts after June 4, 2024, you will be able to unlink them on the Google Pay website.
If you've used the Google Pay app in the U.S. to send money with Wise from the U.S. to India or Singapore, this feature and related transaction information will no longer be available in the app starting June 4, 2024. This does not impact your Wise account, which you can continue to access at wise.com.
Google Payment Corporation's Customer Service and Error Resolution Policy and applicable processes still apply to report unauthorized transactions related to Google Pay. If you have any further questions about your balance in the app, you can learn more about your Google Pay balance.
For all other questions related to the app, please visit this article or the Google Pay Help Center.
Much like Google Chat became Google Hangouts which became Google Chat, Google Wallet became Google Pay which became Google Wallet again.
How long before Google Play becomes Android Market again? Or YouTube becomes Google Video?
youtube was never google video. Google video was a competitor to youtube, and perplexingly coexisted with youtube for several years after the google youtube aquisition.
Sure, which is why I didn't put "again" after that, but it was really just necessary for the joke (because yeah, it's obviously ridiculous).
I don't really remember what the names of Google apps are anymore. I just know there's an app I can use to tap to pay, and I have a custom icon for that app (since all of Googles app icons are so similar it's confusing).
Once they deprecate one app and move to the next, I'll just change the icon on that.
Yeah, and I use a Pixel, so I don't even really often have to hit any app icons at all, making this even more of a nothingburger.
Or like when Meet went away, but Talk in Gmail was renamed Meet and Duo also became corporate Meet.
Or something like that. Maybe Allo was involved.
Honestly who can tell at this point?