‘Pay by Google’ makes online payment faster

Google rolled out a new payment solution called ‘Pay by Google’ on Monday. The new facility is in addition to Google’s existing Android Pay and Google Tez payment services. Pay by Google focuses on making online payment process faster and simpler for Google users.

Launched in the US, the service is currently available with select outlets such as Doordash, Eat24, Instacart, Kayak, Postmates, and Wish. The company will be soon adding more merchants including Airbnb, Papa John’s, and StubHub to the list.

For payment, Google has tied up with more than 40 payment providers which include PayPal’s Braintree, Stripe, Vantiv and Worldpay, among others. More payment partners are expected to join Google’s new platform.

Google’s new payment service is based on the company’s Payment API which was introduced at the Google I/O developer conference in May this year. The API helped build a platform that can integrate the payment facility on merchants’ websites and even applications.Interested merchants can implement the facility with “just a few lines of code.” Google says it will not levy any transaction fees.

The ‘Pay by Google’ feature essentially uses your payment data saved on Google products such as Google Play, YouTube, Android Pay or Chrome. Suppose, you have saved your credit card on any of these services, the ‘Pay by Google’ will unify all these data into a single interface.

This means when you make an online payment using ‘Pay by Google’, you won’t need to re-enter your card details or shipping address, making the process of checking out much faster and easier.