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Android is an open ecosystem that is
supported by a wide range of hardware produced by a wide variety of
manufacturers. There are tens of thousands of compatible device models that are
commercially available and that set grows every day. Google Pay is
compatible with the majority of modern Android devices across a wide variety of
manufacturers and form factors, including mobile phones, tablets, and Wear OS
by Google devices.
Compatibility requirements
In-store
In-app (using tokens)
Cardholders using Android devices with
Android 9.0 (Pie) or higher NFC support HCE support
Android 9.0 (Pie) or higher
Merchants
Terminals that support NFC payments and the ISO 14443 standard
Apps selling physical goods and services set up with Google Pay
Wear OS devices run Android, just like phones and tablets do. Accordingly, the
tokenization behavior for Wear OS
device is very similar to the behavior on a phone or tablet.
Key differences:
Wear OS devices are paired with a phone.
Users enter card details through the paired phone since Wear OS
devices have small screens.
Wear OS devices can be paired with Android or iOS phones.
The app to app ID&V method does not work on iOS devices and is removed
as an option.
For a list of countries that support Google Pay on Wear OS and additional
user facing documentation, refer to the
Pay with your smartwatch
support article for Wear OS.
As with other Android devices, support for Google Pay is based on hardware
capabilities and the software running on the device. This means we don't
maintain a comprehensive list of supported devices.
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Last updated 2024-10-16 UTC.
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