Setting up Google Pay - these steps are necessary

With Google's payment system, you can use your smartphone to pay anywhere that also accepts a Master Card contactless. To use Google Pay, you must first set it up on your smartphone, storing a payment method such as PayPal.

How to set up Google Pay

Google's new payment system was introduced on Android devices back in 2015. However, you can only use this payment method in Germany since June 2018. If you want to use Google Pay, this is only possible if you have previously set it up on your smartphone and stored your payment data.

1. To use Google Pay, you must have Android 5.0 or higher, and your smartphone must also support NFC.
2. Then go to the Google Play Store, download and install the app "Google Pay".
3. Open the app, the setup wizard already starts.
4. To use Google Pay, you must first specify an account or credit card. In addition, the app prompts you to set up a screen lock. Es werden alle gängigen Sperren akzeptiert, einige wenige jedoch wie Smart Unlock werden nicht unterstützt.
5. Bei mehreren Apps, mit denen Sie bezahlen können, müssen Sie in den Einstellungen Ihres Smartphones Google Pay als Standard-App für Zahlungen einstellen.
6. Anschließend können Sie bei teilnehmenden Geschäften bequem mit Ihrem Smartphone Ihren Einkauf bezahlen.