Google Pay now accepts Barclays debit cards!!

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Finally!! This was such a pain in the bum being forced to use the Barclays banking app, you can now finally register for Barclays debit card with Google Pay!

 

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Wow what made Barclays suddenly change their mind? I remember years ago they felt it wasn't secure enough hence why they went with their own app, but I found it was more cumbersome to use.

Not sure but I've been spamming their Twitter for years so I hope I've contributed in some tiny way!

 

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Never actually used google wallet. I have no issue with Barclays app.

I've added my card, I'm going to try it, but my initial feeling is I've just needlessly added a few extra steps pay via contactless..

Is this something that's more useful if you have several cards, already use wallet for other stuff?

How has it added a few extra steps to pay via contactless?, the barclays App was a right pain in the bum, if you turned your phone off you had to reload the app to run in the background again, many times I couldn't pay because the app had updated and it had to be setup as the primary contactless payment method, that was a right pain if your in a queue, also now that Barclays is compatible with Google Pay it makes compatible with smart watches that use Google Pay.

 

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With the Barclays app all you have to do is unlock your phone, with wallet it appears (i haven't tried it yet) you have to select the card in the app.

I check the Barclays app daily, so I guess I don't really view the reloading thing as much of an inconvenience.

No, you have a default card selected and that's it, just unlock your phone and pay, obviously if you want to use a different card you'll have to swipe across to select it but that's an extra feature that you couldbt do with the Barclays app, you was stuck with one card.