In May 2017, Google announced the ease of purchasing on Android devices with its payment facility Pay with Google. Effective October 2017, users can simply choose the preferred debit or credit card which is synced with the Google products. This includes Google Play, YouTube, Chrome or Android Pay. After an authentication with a security code sent to your Android device, one can simply check out without any further steps required or tedious and lengthy online forms.
Pay with Google can currently be used in the Android app or Chrome browser at the following, with a dozen more to be added that are featured in the ‘coming soon’ tab:
The Google I/O event held in May 2017 was where the Google Payment API was launched to developers worldwide. Google does not charge any transaction fee and requires only a few lines of code to implement. Happy shopping!
