Google Wallet is phasing out its Fitbit Pay solution in favour of Google Wallet, which has been made available for all Fitbit devices that support contactless payments.
In a message on the official Fitbit site, the company said: “Fitbit Pay is will no longer be available starting July 29, 2024. Set up Google Wallet in the Fitbit app to continue making contactless payments using your Fitbit device.”
The update to Charge series, Sense series, and Versa series devices has been made in most countries with the exception of Saudi Arabia, Japan and Taiwan where users can continue to use Fitbit Pay until later this year.
According to Google Pay support, the company has been working to migrate Legacy Fitbit Pay into the Google Pay ecosystem as part of Google’s acquisition of Fitbit in 2019.
In addition to Host Card Emulation (HCE), Google has launched support for Secure Element (SE) tokenization to support Fitbit and other wearable devices.
As part of the transition, Google said it will be discontinuing Fitbit Pay entirely which means all current Fitbit Pay Agreements will be terminated. Google Wallet on Fitbit, which replaces Fitbit Pay, will fall under its existing Google Pay Issuer Agreement.
