Google Play services enables services that make your device more secure and reliable. Wallet is one such service that is provided as part of Google Play services. Google Play services is different from the Google Play Store. Learn more about services enabled through Google Play services.
With Google Play services for Wallet, you can:
- Use contactless payments in stores when you store and manage your payment cards.
- Store train tickets, boarding passes, concert tickets, movie passes, a campus ID, and digital passes.
- Lock, unlock, and start your car from a supported Android device with your Digital Car Key for supported vehicles.
- Store and access from your device COVID vaccine cards.
Important: Some Wallet functionality works only on Android 8.1 and up. Learn how to check and update your Android version.
Control your preferences
You can access Wallet from your Google Wallet app or from the Lock Screen. Depending on your device, you may also access it from Quick Settings. Learn how to open Google Wallet.
To access Wallet from your lock screen:
- Go to Settings
Display. - Tap Lock Screen.
- Turn on Show wallet.
Display.How Google Play services for Wallet handles your data
Google Play Services for Wallet may collect and share certain information and use certain permissions to support wallet related functionality on your device, such as the examples described above.
Google play services for Wallet may use device permissions, such as:
- Location may be accessed to protect the digital payments and verify the transactions.
- Nearby devices may be identified to locate the terminals for making the payments, tap-use the payment, and identity cards.
- Camera may be accessed to allow you to easily scan, and add payment cards, COVID vaccine cards, and other cards.
- Phone information may be used to verify the phone number, detect network type, and improve security.
- SMS messages may be accessed to perform SMS based verification, like two-factor authentication, to validate the phone number on the payment card.
Google Play services for Wallet may also collect and store the following data for support related functionality.
- Data collected upon explicit user input to validate user’s identity, enable payment services, and settle transactions:
- Personal and payment data such as name, email, billing address, phone number, zip code, card number, CVV code, expiry date, and card images
- Device and Account identifiers such as Android Device ID, IP address, and Google Account ID are also used in order to enable some of the functionality described above.
Any information that Google collects is handled in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy.
