Google’s payment app ‘GOOGLE PAY’, claims to be more secured payment by Google

Google has launched a new payment mobile application in India called TEZ (the Hindi word for “fast”)GOOGLE PAY. This features a technology called audio QR that allows users to transfer money using sounds to pair two devices.


Built on the government-backed Unified Payment Interface (UPI) platform, the app allows users to do financial transactions like sending money and receiving payments directly into bank accounts of individuals and merchants. 


Also known as the “cash mode option,” phones negotiate a connection using audio to identify the payer and payee. According to a report in Financial Times, the sounds should be inaudible to human ears though because they’re sent using ultrasonic frequencies.
The feature could be more secured since cash transactions don’t require the exchange of personal details like bank accounts and phone numbers. Cash Mode works with any phone with a mic and speaker and GOOGLE PAY app installed and doesn’t require an NFC (Near-field Communication) chip. Google’s Audio QR technology is similar to Chirp, which also sends data encoded in ultrasonic audio.
There are approximately 300 million smartphone users in India, and phones with NFC are still relatively rare and expensive, with many users instead favoring entry-level and mid-tier devices.
Google Pay will work with all country’s 55 banks on India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI). UPI is a system that allows numerous bank accounts to be linked into one mobile app and enables secure peer-to-peer payment.
According to Bloomberg, digital transactions have surged after the Indian Government banned high-value cash notes late last year.
App will also facilitate bank-to-bank payments and is protected by Google Pay Shield, a data security platform from Google that detects fraud and protects user identity. App behaves like a chat app, using your contact list as a way to keep transaction history organized. People or businesses you’ve sent or received cash from grouped together “like a conversation,” Google says.
The company says small businesses can also use the app to accept payments into their bank accounts, and it also accepts payments from mobile sites with “just a few taps.”
Google Pay is available on both Android and iOS in India, and Google plans to release the app in other emerging countries including Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand.


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