Google Pay v2.80 adds notification setting for places to use loyalty cards, prepares automatic imports from Gmail [APK Teardown]
If you haven't already seen enough activity with Google Pay in the last month, there are a few notable things happening in the last couple updates. Version 2.80 brings changes to the notification settings screen by dropping the long list of loyalty cards and adopting a new setting to notify you about places those cards can be used. A teardown also reveals upcoming notification channels and a brand new feature that will automatically import relevant tickets and passes when they arrive in your Gmail account.
What's New
Notification: Where you can use passes
Left: v2.79. Right: v2.80.
The only thing that appears to have visually changed in this update is the screen for notification settings. The first adjustment comes in the form of a new toggle for a notification that will let you know if you're in or near places where you can use your loyalty programs, reward cards, and so on. This is basically the same as the setting that tells you about places where you can use Google Pay for transaction, but with the distinct difference that it's for promotional payment and discount methods rather than outright payments.
Also note that this is distinct from the setting right below it, which lets you know if there are changes to your passes; except that one is referring to things like boarding passes and event tickets rather than loyalty programs. Hmmm, maybe "passes" isn't the best word to use for two different things.
Individual loyalty toggles removed
If you try to scroll a bit further down in the notifications screen, you'll also notice the toggles for all of your different loyalty cards have been removed. No reason has been given, but it's probably a safe bet that very few users were enabling or disabling cards one-by-one.
Go through the below link to download this update
Notification channels [v2.79]
Most of the other Google apps have adopted disparate notification channels for the various purposes that might come up, but Pay managed to slip under the radar for quite some time. It looks like this one is finally joining the movement as the names and descriptions for eight different channels and five groups have been added.
- Nearby
- Where you can use passes
Find out where you can use your loyalty programs, rewards cards, and more - Where you can pay in store
Find out when you’re near a store that accepts Google Pay
- Where you can use passes
- Send & request money
- Alerts
Get notified when someone sends you money, or requests it - Reminders
Get notified about your scheduled reminders to send or request money
- Alerts
- Passes
- Updates
Stay up-to-date on events and flights, or when your saved offers are about to expire - Important updates
Stay up-to-date on account and payment method issues
- Updates
- Payment activity
- Purchases
See transaction details after you make a purchase
- Purchases
- Promotions
- Offers & tips
Get offers and tips relevant to you
Linking to Gmail
Many of the things we sign up for or buy online usually end up passing through our email accounts in some form or another. If most of those things are traveling through Gmail, you're about to have an easier time moving them over to Google Pay. Descriptions have been added for a new feature that will prompt users to enable Google Pay to import things like tickets, passes, and special offers directly from your Gmail account.
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