M.G. Siegler reports that Google (s GOOG) might be launching its somewhat delayed Google Wallet service sometime today. From the looks of it, it might actually be out in the wild. Our own Ian Kennedy snapped this photo at a Peet’s Coffee shop near our offices in downtown San Francisco. Ā Google has updated the Google Wallet website as well. More details to follow.
This is great news.
It’s so weird to see a Google logo, living in off the web.
is it going to substitute paypal?
Google Checkout has been running for years and it is a Paypal competitor.
That’s nice strategy, it will be slow but will gain momentum slowly. Gone are the days for plain old currency notes š
Gone are the jars of tips on the counter. :o( No more college fund.
Wasn’t Google trialling Wallet in SF already, with Peet’s as one of the partners? Is this a new addition for the potential launch today, or part of the existing trial?
I spotted this at the Peet’s near our office in downtown SF. I noticed it first on Thursday and when I asked the barista, he said that they just hooked it up but were still waiting for instructions to come later.
My hope is that next year, all smartphones have NFC in them. Hopefully the iPhone 5 will so it will kickstart the process.
It’s interesting that Google hasn’t updated the official wallet site now that TechCrunch supposedly “leaked” the launch date….i wonder when other competitors will be launching like Serve, Moneto, Kuapay, etc…probably gonna be a competive space
saw this at a peets in Los Gatos this weekend as well. looks like Google <3s Peets.
What is that
very interesting
I will be impress when they let users pay online with cash card.
It’s officially released now and is being pushed out to for Sprint Nexus S owners today as a free update.
VISA has been trailing this also with an App on the iPhone. Saw a program about 2 months ago here in Australia that the CEO of VISA using it in USA. VISA are looking at fazing out the credit card all together and use the tap n go method through your smart-phone. He believes that this version is more safer than the current credit cards with the chip in it.
Great news
I already use my android to pay my bills. But what about security? I don’t know how comfortable I would be with all my credit cards data stored on my device. What if someone steal it from me or if I lose it? But I’m sure Google will think about that, as always š
Sucks that it only works with Sprint and Sprints Nexus S phone…
I found this Moneto mobile wallet that looks like it works like GW, but use a nfc micro SD to give phones NFC…Moneto Wallet looks like it can be used on ATT, Verizon, and etc., which is defintely more appealing to techies who are not on Sprint
Nice.