Google has updated its features to allow you to store more cards, like gym memberships or club cards, and create a secure digital version of the item. Adding items to Google Wallet is a bit more complex since the card must have a barcode or QR code, but you can do this through the app, online, or in other apps with the “Add to Google Wallet” option.
Google Wallet can securely store payment cards, digital IDs, loyalty cards, and even keys on your phone. You can also use it to store cards like transit QR tickets, parking passes, and e-commerce return QR codes. These are just some of the new features that are constantly being updated in Google Wallet.
A New Feature from Google: Make a Wallet to Provide a Centralized Home for Cards, Passes, and IDs
Google Wallet is an app that lets you store all your cards and passes in one place. You can store credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, transit passes, and tickets. The app is also working on adding support for health insurance cards. You can store these private passes and only view them with your fingerprint or PIN. Google constantly finds new ways to make our wallets more convenient while prioritizing security and privacy.
Here are some features of Google Wallet:
- Driving licenses are becoming more common but still need to be universal. Each state has its own app for driving licenses, but companies like Apple are trying to include them in their apps. Apple recently launched a Digital Driver’s License in its wallet, covering states like Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah.
- Take pictures of a barcode or QR code and store them in Google Wallet. This feature will launch later this summer and work with anything with a barcode. Apple Wallet doesn’t support this feature yet, but popular apps like Stocard can store cards with barcodes.
- Sensitive Cards: You can store sensitive cards, like health insurance cards, in a separate section of Google Wallet called Private Passes. You must enter your PIN or use your fingerprint to unlock this section, adding an extra layer of security for your sensitive cards. Currently, Google Wallet only supports Humana. In the United Kingdom, tax, payment, and customs authorities offer digital insurance cards through Google Wallet. iPhone users can also store sensitive cards in Apple Wallet, but the process differs slightly.
Google has been testing digital state ID cards for Google Wallet since December of last year. This feature will allow users to add health insurance cards and passes that contain sensitive information. These will be labelled as private passwords within Google Wallet.
You can create digital versions of your passes and cards by photographing any card or app that displays a barcode or QR code. Google Messages users with RCS enabled can receive tickets and boarding passes directly in the messaging app.
Google Wallet has become more versatile and has introduced new features.
This includes insurance cards, custom cards, state IDs, travel passes, and loyalty or membership cards. It lets you save more than just your money and is a better wallet replacement.
Google makes saving passes to your wallet easier by taking photos of passes with a barcode or QR code. You can save private passes like health insurance cards and national insurance numbers. Here are some new features introduced with the latest update:
- Digital IDs: You can save your driver’s license or ID to Google Wallet and use the TSA PreCheck line at select airports. This feature is available in Maryland and will soon be available in Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia.
- Corporate Badges: Now, you can save your employee ID to enter buildings, workspaces, and meeting rooms securely.
- Transit Passes: Google is expanding transit passes to more countries, including Germany.
- Aeroplane Boarding Passes: You can check in for flights directly from Messages. Once you get a boarding pass, you can import it into Google Wallet. Currently, this feature is available on Vietnam Airlines and Renfe.
Google is also expanding transit passes to more countries. Those in Germany can now save the “Deutschland ticket purchased at select transit agencies” to their wallet. Google is also improving its Messages app to handle the aeroplane check-in process entirely within the app. Once you receive a boarding pass, you can import it from Messages directly into your wallet.
Google is expanding its digital wallet to more regions, making it a secure and convenient way to store important information like passes and cards. Here are some new features of Google Wallet:
- Boarding Pass Integrations with Support for Passes with Barcodes or QR Codes: Now save boarding passes from your phone to Google Wallet. You can also save passes to Wallet from Messages, and RCS-enabled users can receive boarding passes or train tickets directly into their wallet.
- Receipt Tracking: You can track your receipts and transaction details in your wallet, including thoughtful details like location pulled from Google Maps.
- Advanced Security Features: Google Wallet has built-in security and privacy features such as 2FA, Find My Phone, and Remote Data Erase to secure your data and essential information.
The latest digital wallet allows you to store and use payment cards, passes, tickets, keys, and IDs. To use all of its functionality, your device should run on Android 8.0 or higher.
- Save Your ID to Wallet: People with Maryland IDs or driver’s licenses can now be added to Google Wallet. This feature is also coming to Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia.
- Health Insurance Card: You can add your health insurance card to your wallet.
- Driver’s License: Google Wallet now supports driver’s licenses, allowing you to use your phone to show your ID at bars, clubs, and airports.
The app is designed to replace a physical wallet that can get overstuffed with cards, passes, and other items. The company is expanding its wallet app to accept and store more information. You can add a new card or pass by tapping the “Add to Wallet” button on the home screen or websites and apps with an “Add to Google Wallet” or “Add to Google Play” button. The app allows users to send money to friends and family or split bills.