Google Wallet will make payments via QR Code

In the same way that we already do in Pix, soon all Brazilians who use Google Wallet will be able to use the application to read a QR code for payment, allowing access to the feature for those who have a smartphone without NFC (required for contactless payment). Check out all the details of the news right now.

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Despite the technology being more present in recent smartphones, the number of people who do not have a cell phone with NFC is still high. This not only prevents contactless payments, but also prevents these consumers from using the functionality in other day-to-day tasks.

To end one of these problems, the app Google Wallet announced that all people who have cards registered in the application will be able to make payments via QR Code.

It will be very simple to use: just ask the cashier to make the payment in this mode and a code will be generated on the card machine or computer screen. Then, after an identity confirmation (via fingerprint reading or password typing) in the Google Wallet, you can scan what appears on the screen for the payment to be made.

The company points out that it will be possible to make payments by credit and debit cards, just that the card is previously saved in the payment application. Receipts will be saved in the app, just like when a purchase is made via NFC.

Use of NFC in Brazil

A survey conducted by IDC Brazil showed that 60% of smartphones sold in Brazil between 2020 and 2023 do not have proximity technology that prevents the use of physical cards, vaccine cards and even public transport passes. Another data from the same survey showed that only 25% of Brazilians use NFC in payments, according to data from 2023.

The data show that a significant part of the Brazilian population ends up excluded from the ease and security brought by digital payments made with the Google Wallet Payment by QR Code is a technology designed and developed for markets like ours, which will further expand democratization digital already provided by the Android system.

Natacha Litvinov, Google Payments Strategy and Operations Leader for Latin America

O Google reminds you that registration in your payment wallet is done in encrypted form so that nothing is sent to the payment machine and, when a purchase is being made, a token with data that can only be read during that moment is sent to authorize the payment .

Entry of payment via QR code

Released first for Brazil, but without confirmed exact date, payment via QR Code from Google Wallet was announced for “the coming months”. The company recalls that all establishments with a traditional payment machine will be able to accept this new method that avoids the use of NFC. (https://firework.com)

O showmetech attended the event Google For Brazil and received information that credit purchases can also be made with the app. The conditions and values ​​of the installments need to be previously defined and, if the customer agrees, just read the QR code of the transaction and validate the purchase through confirmation of identity.

It will be a safe and convenient way to make payments
without having to carry cash or cards. It's a feature that makes our Google Wallet, which already allows you to safely store credit and debit cards, transport tickets and tickets, even more complete

Natacha Litvinov, Google Payments Strategy and Operations Leader for Latin America

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