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Google expected to announce a mobile payment service this Thursday, our wallets hide in fear
May 24th
Google will unveil a new mobile payment service this Thursday, according to Bloomberg. El Goog plans to announce a new service that will allow people to use their NFC-enabled devices to pay for merchandise instead of using a credit card or cash. At first, the service will be available only for Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, but hopefully future NFC-packing phones will be able to join in as well.
Google is partnering with a handful of companies to make this possible. The web giant will be using hardware and software from VeriFone and ViVOtech, said Bloomberg. With the help of these companies, Google will roll out this service to five cities across the nation — we hope they’ll expand nationwide later on. Those cities are, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
It’s obvious that Google is very serious about mobile payments. One of the technologies behind mobile payments is NFC, and as we saw at Google I/O, the company is putting a lot of money and effort behind it. Like we said before, you can expect Ice Cream Sandwich to be jam-packed with NFC-related features.
We’ll bring you all the goodies as they’re revealed this Thursday, but if you want to watch the event live, it looks you’ll be able to do that right from Google’s official YouTube account. What do you guys want to see come out of this event? Are you ready to use your phone as your credit card? Let us know in the comments.
Google Unveiling NFC Payment Service on May 26th?
May 24th
Google has sent out invitations to the media for a special event being held in New York City, but what is the event for? Bloomberg seems to have hit the nail on the head, however, and is reporting that Google will be unveiling a mobile-payment service that will allow consumers to pay for goods and services using their Android handset. According to the report, we’re talking about NFC-enabled devices on Sprint’s network.
This technology, Near-Field Communication (NFC), is something that Google has already built into the Samsung Nexus S but the idea here, hopefully, is to expand the availability and turn the NFC capabilities into a payment option. The service is purported to be rolling out first in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. according to sources close to the project.
Naturally, Sprint and Google have declined to comment on the rumors. AT&T and Apple, Inc are both also working on rolling out an NFC-payment system so one way or another, this is going to be something we’re going to see a lot of in the future of the mobile industry.
[Bloomberg]
Google Unveiling NFC Payment Service on May 26th? is an article from everything Android, sponsored by the Everything Android Store.
Google Unveiling NFC Payment Service on May 26th?
May 24th
Google has sent out invitations to the media for a special event being held in New York City, but what is the event for? Bloomberg seems to have hit the nail on the head, however, and is reporting that Google will be unveiling a mobile-payment service that will allow consumers to pay for goods and services using their Android handset. According to the report, we’re talking about NFC-enabled devices on Sprint’s network.
This technology, Near-Field Communication (NFC), is something that Google has already built into the Samsung Nexus S but the idea here, hopefully, is to expand the availability and turn the NFC capabilities into a payment option. The service is purported to be rolling out first in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. according to sources close to the project.
Naturally, Sprint and Google have declined to comment on the rumors. AT&T and Apple, Inc are both also working on rolling out an NFC-payment system so one way or another, this is going to be something we’re going to see a lot of in the future of the mobile industry.
[Bloomberg]
Google Unveiling NFC Payment Service on May 26th? is an article from everything Android, sponsored by the Everything Android Store.
