Path: ...!news.misty.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob Henson Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 11:20:41 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 12:20:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d2e8698701ca477f71bc6c06a9e63ff0"; logging-data="1146026"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX187vHfvlwQBw2LyC9l2C8DA" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:+S5LzVPOCwf7EDhxNyqbCssQlh4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 1926 On 4.5.24 10:06 am, Arno Welzel wrote: > Jim the Geordie, 2024-05-04 01:29: > >> Any preferences here - and why? > > Samsung Wallet only works with Samsung devices but not on my ancient > Samsung Gear S3 and probably also not because I am not based in US. > > So I use Google Wallet ("Google Pay" was renamed) which works fine and > can even be used in newer smartwatches if they are based on WearOS like > Ticwatch Pro 5. > The ability to pay by smartwatch is very handy - I use it nearly all the time. It has an additional advantage - when paying bills to young counter assistants or waiters, they can't believe that an old geezer of 80 can understand the technology when they frequently struggle with it. I like to score the odd point for the old folk when I can -- Tetbury, Gloucestershire , UK