Google Wallet app launched in India: Users can digitally store debit cards, credit cards, event tickets and passes and other things.

Tech company Google has launched private digital wallet for Android users in India on May 8. In this app, users can store and use debit cards, credit cards, loyalty cards, gift cards, event tickets and passes and other things.

This app is different from Google Pay app which helps in managing money and finance. Google has partnered with more than 20 brands to increase its presence in the Indian market.

This includes PVR and other businesses including Inox, Air India, IndiGo, Flipkart, Pine Labs, Kochi Metro and Abhibus. In Google Wallet, users can store gift cards of Supercoin, Shoppers Stop and other brands available on e-commerce website Flipkart.

Google Pay will remain the primary payment app

Google Android GM and India Engineering Lead Ram Papatla said, ‘Google Pay is not going anywhere. This will continue to be our primary payment app. Google Wallet has been specially designed for non-payment cases.

How is Google Wallet different from Google Pay?

Google Wallet is a secure and digital wallet that lets users store cards, event tickets and passes, among other things. With the help of this wallet, you will easily get all the cards at one place. Cannot make payment through Google Wallet.

Whereas, in Google Pay you can make payment through Unified Payment Interface (UPI). Apart from this, there is also an option to pay electricity bill, mobile bill, broadband bill and credit card bill in Google Pay.