SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, Google officially announced a revamped version of Google Wallet called Android Pay. The new Android Pay API will be an open platform that will allow developers to incorporate payments into their Android apps. Customers will be able to pay for things in brick-and-mortar stores via Near Field Communications (NFC) or through apps.
At launch, Android Pay will work in more than 700,000 store locations, although many of them have long accepted Google Wallet, including McDonald's, Macy's, and Whole Foods. The new payments platform will also be integrated into more than 1,000 apps, like Lyft, Domino's, and Etsy, Google said.
"Mobile payments has been a big priority for Google for a while,” a Google representative told Ars in a briefing earlier this week. To drive that point home, Android Pay will be available on all phones running KitKat or higher that also have NFC chips. A Google spokesperson said that seven out of 10 Android phones in use today have NFC capabilities.
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