

Step 1: Make Sure You're Running Play Services 8.1 or HigherĪndroid Pay functionality is built into the latest version of the Google Play Services app, which gets updated silently in the background on Android devices. In fact, Android Pay is so far along in its development that you can give it a test drive right now. Instead of just using Google Wallet as an app to make payments with your phone, a new service called Android Pay, with an extensive underlying framework and API, will soon make its debut-and maybe even sooner than you'd think.Īndroid Pay's official launch date is unknown, but the underlying elements that make it all tick are already starting to roll out to Android devices. In response to the success of Apple Pay and an attempt to stave off the appealing Samsung Pay service, Google is completely revamping Android's mobile payments system.
