Actions on Google supports Google Pay transactions making it possible for users to pay for things by voice, such as Door Dash orders. This is just one of the handful of new changes to the Google Pay API and the Google Pay system that Google officially announced last week during its I/O 2018 developer conference among other changes that Google has recently highlighted. Google is also starting to roll out these changes so developers will start being able to implement them in their apps and users should start seeing these changes on their end. With Google Assistant-enabled transactions users will not only be able to initiate purchases by voice but they’ll also be able to do so across any platform where Google Assistant is available, meaning smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, smart displays, and smart speakers.
Another new addition to Google Pay is the support for mobile tickets and airline boarding passes that Google initially revealed last week, allowing users to store them in their Google Pay account so they’re accessible from the app, providing them with one less thing to have to carry around or worry about losing. Google says that it’s testing this new feature in a pilot with just a few different services, those being Ticketmaster, Southwest Airlines, and Fortress GB. Google is planning on adding more partners in the near future but at the moment none of the planned partners were listed and there’s no exact time frame on when the new partners will be added.
All the new Google Pay changes also included new ways for people to make purchases with Google Pay across various platforms specifically when shopping online. In addition to Google Pay checkout working with most major browsers following Google’s initial rollout of the capability, it’s also possible to log into your Google Pay account from desktops or laptops as well as iOS devices and manage your cards by adding or removing them, as well as monitoring your Google Pay transactions, and this also allows you to use cards in Google Pay from one device that were added using another, for instance, adding a card via the browser on your laptop and then using it on your phone.