Google to shut down Google Pay in US consolidate services as focus on Google Wallet know details

Google is going to shut down its payment app Google Pay. You heard right, the company is going to shut down Google Pay in America. The company has announced that the app services will be discontinued in the US on June 4, 2024. Google is bringing its payment services on a single platform. For which the tech giant is focusing on Google Wallet. It is said that app services will continue in Singapore and India for now.

Google Pay payment app will shut down in the US from June 4, 2024. Google blog post This information has been given through. The company says that it is going to make its payment services more easy. These payment services will be available at one place in which Google Wallet will be used. Google Wallet is becoming more popular among users than Google Pay and its user base is five times more than Google Pay in 180 countries.

The GPay payment app, however, will continue to run in India and Singapore for now. At the same time, the company is talking about continuing some of its services even after the app is closed in America. Users will be able to use some of its important functions like payment management, in-store payment but this will be possible only through Google Wallet. Peer to peer (P2P) payments, balance management directly in the app, and receiving offers and deals will not be possible on the app.

Google Wallet is now going to become the main focus of the company. Google Wallet will be the primary app for secure payments for digital items like store payments, tap and pay, transit cards, driver licenses, state IDs, etc.

What will happen to the balance present in Google Pay?
Users who have balance in Google Pay will have the option to transfer their funds to their bank account. This can be done through Google Pay website also after June 4, 2024. Google Wallet was started by the company in 2011. After that many changes took place in it. Android Pay came in 2015, then in 2018 it was merged with Google Pay. Now Google Wallet is becoming more popular. Apart from payment, it is also being used for many other functions which include transport pass, state ID, driver license, virtual car key.