Google roll out Google Pay SoundPod audio devices small merchants in India amid Paytm crisis

Google's Google Pay SoundPod will soon be available to all small merchants in India. The company has announced that it is going to make payments easier for millions of small and medium-sized businesses. The company had started a pilot project for this last year itself, in which the company has received positive feedback from the participating traders. Now the company is talking about making GPay Soundbox soon available to millions of small merchants of the country.

Google's Google Pay SoundPod will soon start appearing in abundance in the market. The company has announced the rollout, details of which blog post Is also given in. Let us tell you that Google Pay SoundPod is a kind of audio device which helps in tracking QR code payments through sound alerts. You might have also seen Paytm's SoundPod while making online payment through QR code. Now soon similar devices for Google Pay will also be available with merchants. Google recently revealed that it has partnered with NPCE International Payments Limited (NIPL) to enable UPI payments from outside India.

After Paytm, PhonePe and BharatPe, Google is the latest company to launch SoundPod in India. Paytm was the first to start receiving payment alerts through Soundbox. The company launched its soundboxes in 2020 when the Corona epidemic spread across the world including the country.

Google has said that merchants can sign up to use the audio notification service through the Google Pay for Business app. of money control AccordingFor this, the company offers daily plans and annual plans. After selecting the plan, the service can be used by starting the daily settlement option. In the daily plan, the merchant will have to pay a one time fee which is Rs 499. After which Rs 5 will be deducted from the settlement account every day for 25 days in the month. In the annual plan, Rs 1499 will be deducted from the merchant's settlement account.

Apart from English, Google Pay SoundPod audio alert service will be available in 6 Indian languages ​​which include Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, and Gujarati.