Uber Is Dopping Google Wallet On May 9th, Now Accepts Android Pay

Starting next week, Uber will officially transition to Android pay as its preferred platform for in-app payments on Android device. The trip hailing business enterprise incorporated Google Pockets for similar purposes way again in 2013. But in advance this 12 months, Google repurposed that app to handle peer-to-peer payments and little else, so the switch to Android pay become inevitable if Uber wanted to keep the ease component. The company has emailed customers who formerly used Pockets to cowl rides in order that they're aware of the pending alternate before hand of time.

Users who've already set up Android pay on their phone can be capable of choose it like another payment option (personal credit card, paypal, and so on.). And there's an advantage for signing up if you have not already; Uber will take $10 off your next trip when you select Android pay as your selected payment method. That's most effective exact for a constrained time, so that you'll need to make the changeover speedy to get the savings. Android pay is google's mobile wallet and rival to Apple pay, and commenced assisting in-app payments last December.