If you’d like to get set up to pay via Google Pay, first find the app on your phone. You can check to see which devices the Square contactless and chip reader supports here. The Square contactless and chip reader works with most Android devices, as long as you’re running Google Android 4.0 or later, have location services enabled, and have access to Google Play. Google Pay is compatible with most newer versions of Android phones. But now any business of any size can accept Google Pay with Square’s new contactless and chip reader (which retails for $49). Most major retailers are accepting both Android and Apple Pay. Here’s a quick list of some restaurants that take Google Pay Grocery To accept Google Pay, businesses need an NFC-enabled credit card reader. Here is everything you need to know about Google Pay: Who accepts Google Pay (Other popular examples of mobile wallets include Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.) Google Pay is Google’s mobile wallet technology and one of the more popular NFC mobile payment apps. The transaction time is super fast, unlike credit card transactions, which can take several seconds (chip cards, in fact, are noticeably sluggish). NFC mobile payments are also the fastest way to pay. As opposed to magstripe cards (which are prone to fraud), NFC payments have multiple layers of security involved in the transaction, designed to protect bank details. In addition to EMV chip cards, NFC mobile payments are part of our charge toward more secure, authenticated ways to pay.

This type of payment, called a “contactless” or NFC payment, uses near field communication to transmit information from a mobile device to a payments reader. Instead of swiping or dipping credit cards, they’re holding their mobile device over the POS terminal.

You might have noticed a change in the way people are paying at stores lately.

Android version of apple pay