Google Pay has introduced three new payment features to help shoppers check out more easily online.
In a blog post, the company said the new features will address three common issues among shoppers at checkout: security, convenience and access to smart spending tools.
First, Google Pay will now show the user its card benefits for multiple cards at checkout so they can more easily decide which card has the best shopping rewards and savings for a particular purchase.
This will begin immediately with American Express and Capital One cardholders checking out on Chrome desktop via an autofill drop-down of benefits with plans to expand the feature to more cards in the future.
Secondly, it has expanded buy now, pay later to more merchant sites and Android apps across the U.S on the back of a pilot, earlier this year, which showed buy now, pay later options, including Affirm and Zip, when checking out online with Google Pay.
The last feature allows users to fill in card details with a fingerprint, face scan or PIN. Designed to save time, users will be able to automatically fill in their full card details in the same way they may unlock a device instead of manually adding a security code.
Shonan Shah, Group Product Manager of Google Pay added: “The next time you check out using autofill on Chrome or Android, you’ll have the option to In most cases, autofill will complete your form without any additional requirements, except on occasions when we detect something suspicious.
“You can also set up device unlock, where we’ll ask you to unlock your device before revealing your full card details. This will ensure that your card isn’t used by others with access to your device.”
