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Android Central
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Michael L Hicks

Google Wallet explained: Licenses, banks, new features, and the Google Pay shutdown

Menu to add a payment card, transit pass, loyalty card, or gift card to Google Wallet on an Android phone.

Google Wallet is the default payment, ID, and transit pass app for most Android phones, supplanting Google Pay. The term "Google Pay" still exists for making contactless NFC payments in stores, but you use the Google Wallet app for those transactions.

Now that the Google Pay app is shutting down later this year, you're probably curious which Pay features will transfer over to Wallet. You may also have heard that Google Wallet supports features like driver's licenses, tickets, and medical info, and you may want to know how to access these.

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