Wear OS smartwatches are getting loyalty cards, a cool new addition to Google Wallet on Wear OS, thanks to the latest operating system update.
Previously, the best smartwatches on Wear OS, like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 (even though Samsung Wallet is technically its own thing) or the Google Pixel Watch 2, only had access to credit or debit cards in Google Wallet.
If you want to wirelessly scan a digital loyalty card from, say, Starbucks or Barnes and Noble in the US or Waterstones in the UK, you have to take out your phone, which largely increases the convenience of paying for things on your wrist. hypothetical. However, Update 23.46.x, which is now rolling out to Wear OS watches, will automatically forward all your loyalty cards in Google Wallet to your watch, provided it works Wear operating system 3.5 or higher and it is fully updated.
As highlighted by 9to5Googleyou can scroll through the payment methods to see a list of all your loyalty cards, and you can simply tap the card you want to view, just like with any other credit or debit card.
Expired cards will not be canceled, nor will health insurance cards. The new update also brings in-app payment notifications, instead of notifications coming from Google Play Services on your phone, so everything is in one place.
How to update your Wear OS watch
- Make sure your Wear OS watch is near your phone, which is connected to the internet.
- Open Institutions.
- Scroll down to Systemand tap it.
- Crane Software and updates.
- If an update is available, your watch will provide an option to download and install it.