Bitcoin Merchants Can Use Google's Android Pay to Make Payments Easier
Internet giant Google unveiled the flagship payment platform Android Pay at the recently concluded annual Google I/O event. Google's announcement also brings encouraging news for the Bitcoin community. Bitcoin merchants can also utilize the flexible platform to make the payments process easier. "So we've approached Android Pay the same way we approach every other part of the Android family - partnering with the ecosystem - bringing together mobile carriers, payment networks, banks and retailers to deliver you choice and flexibility. And offering developers an open platform to collectively....
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In February, Bitcoin Magazine reported Google's preliminary announcement of Android Pay. Now, at the annual Google I/O event on May 28 and 29, Google officially announced its upcoming payment platform and revealed more details. Android Pay isn't a separate payment app, but an open platform that enables developers to integrate mobile payments into their apps. In fact, Android Pay is built right into the core Android operating system. It will be available for download from Google Play soon, and included in the next version of the Android OS - dubbed Android M - expected to be released this....
In February, Bitcoin Magazine reported Google's preliminary announcement of Android Pay. In June, we reported the official announcement of Android Pay at the annual Google I/O event on May 28 and 29, where Google revealed more information on its upcoming payment platform. On Thursday, September 10, Google announced that it is beginning to roll outAndroid Pay. "We'll be rolling out gradually over the next few days, and this is just the beginning," notes the announcement. "We will continue to add even more features, banks and store locations in the coming months, making it even easier to pay....
Commentary by Giulio Prisco. Google has announced an upcoming mobile payments framework called Android Pay, Forbes reports. Android Pay will not be a separate payment app, but a platform that enables developers to integrate mobile payments into their apps using an API layer. Google's senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Google Apps Sundar Pichai announced the upcoming payment platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona."We are doing it in a way so that anybody else can build a payments service on top of Android," he said at a press event. "In places like China and Africa, we....
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