Android Pay: Why Google thinks we’ll soon pay for everything on our smartphones
Leading smartphone firms are battling it out to win over
your wallet - how you pay for things, that is. Here's the lowdown on
what is coming your way
Google boss Sundar Pichai has laid out plans for Android Pay
If you’re an Android smartphone user, you could soon be able to walk into a shop and pay for items with your phone.
Senior Google boss Sundar Pichai told a conference in Barcelona the internet giant is working on Android Pay. Unlike Google Wallet, it’s not an app - it’ll come as part of the Android package.iPhone users in the US can already pay for their shopping using Apple Pay, but the service is only likely to arrive in the UK this year.
Samsung has also launched a rival payment system which is likely to be the most seamless of the lot.
It comes after a UK savings lobby group predicted we will soon be using mobile phones to switch bank accounts.