Google Pay Starts Rolling Out With Latest Play Services Beta Update

If you didn't already know, Google finally simplified its payments mechanism for Android users past merging Android Pay and Google Wallet. This new solution has been dubbed as Google Pay and seems like it has already started showing upward for some consumers.

The latest Play Services beta update (v11.9.73) has brought along the new Google Pay branding to Android devices, who had signed upward for the beta program and have NFC on their phones. This replaces the Android Pay logo and tags that were previously shown in the settings window.

To check out if the Google Pay branding is live on your device, you tin navigate to the "Settings > Apps & Notifications > Avant-garde" settings window. Under advanced, which is located at the very bottom equally a drop-down, select the default apps > tap & pay option. This is where you'll see the updated branding upon choosing the default payment method, which would not lead to whatever changes in the functionality.

We've already received the beta update on our Pixel 2 and OnePlus 5T. You tin can go the first glimpse of the Google Pay branding right hither:

google pay android — Left to Correct: Android Pay (Before) and Google Pay (Right)

The availability of the "Google Pay" logo in the settings does non mean that the service has gone alive. This is the extent of the payment service's presence on Android phones who're running the latest Play Services beta. The Android Pay app hasn't bagged the branding update and Google Wallet has also not been excluded from our devices.

This is a surprising development every bit Google had announced that Google Pay will officially become available to consumers over the coming weeks. Simply, it seems the search giant is already testing the feature and the new branding was sent out early to some devices. Information technology indicates that Google Pay could be made bachelor to users sooner than expected.

Later the unveiling of Google Pay earlier this week, I really hope Google takes such similar steps to refine its cluttered messaging ecosystem as well. In Republic of india, Google Tez is also likely to get a new name equally indicated past Google. The Android users are perplexed virtually the apps they should use to communicate, so it'd be a great initiative for the search giant to handle correct away. Don't you think so? Tell u.s. your opinion in the comments below.