Important: Not all features are available in every country or region.
Google Wallet is a safe way to store and use your cards, tickets, passes, keys, and IDs.
Get started with Google Wallet
If you’re new to Google Wallet, these are some popular articles to help you get started:
- Download the Google Wallet app
- Add a debit or credit card
- Store things in Google Wallet
- Tap to pay with your phone
What’s new in Google Wallet
Quick access to your itemsUse your phone or smartwatch to tap to pay in stores, board a plane, ride transit, attend an event, use your loyalty card at your favorite merchants, display your COVID-19 vaccination info, or start your car.
To add a new card or pass, tap the Add to Wallet on the home screen. On websites and apps with an “Add to Google Wallet” or “Add to Google Pay,” you can save items to Google Wallet as well.
Google Wallet has a simple layout with larger text to help you find and use cards and passes.
American Express only (US): For a full history of transactions and details, check your bank statements or go to the American Express app.
To review recent tap to pay transactions with Wallet:
- Tap on a payment card.
- At the top right, tap Transaction details
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You can switch Google Accounts, get tips for Google Wallet, access app settings and more. To access the menu, at the top right of the home screen, tap your Profile picture .
To reorder your debit and credit cards, swipe to your last card and tap Edit card order .To reorder passes, touch and hold and drag them up or down.
You can use many of the items in your wallet with other Google apps, like Gmail, Calendar, and Assistant. They’ll provide notifications, alerts, and other info related to your tickets, passes and more. Learn how to manage passes data.
Common questions
What’s the difference between Google Wallet & Google Pay?The Google Pay app is now the Google Wallet app. This change is simplifies how you store and use cards and passes.
Google Wallet is a secure and private digital wallet that gives you quick access to forms of payment, passes, tickets, keys, or IDs that you choose to store on it.
Google Pay is how you easily pay for purchases online, in apps, and when you tap to pay wherever Google Pay is accepted.
If you had the Google Pay app, it may show as Google Wallet the next time you open it or you may get a notification to go to the Play store to update the app. You don’t need to download it again.
If you didn’t have the Google Pay app, you’ll need to download the Google Wallet app.
Yes. Anywhere that you find Google Pay or contactless payment logos, you can make contactless payments with a supported form of payment that you stored in Google Wallet. Learn how to:
If you transfer over the Google Pay or Google Wallet app to a new phone, your cards and passes should transfer to your new phone, but you must:
Google Wallet is available in over 50 countries and regions. If your country or region is not listed, check back as Google Wallet will expand to new places soon.
Under rare circumstances, your cards may not be transferred from Google Pay to Google Wallet. To recover your cards and balance, try to add the cards again or restart the device. If the cards still don't display in Wallet, contact support.
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