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Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:25:24 GMT

Hey folks, this is just a quick review of my experience with android pay... And the first word I'll say is.......... COOL!!!

So, setting up the app was very straight forward. Clicked on the app and was walked through the set up. For security reasons, the app wouldn't allow me to screenshot the set up screens. At least that's what the notification said.

Once you've added you your cards your asked to select a default. This will become the quick payment card. - More on this in a bit.

Here is what the app looks like after you've added your cards. You can add credit, debit, vouchers, reward and loyalty cards.

You can add cards by simply hitting the plus icon, and a new screen opens and asks you to say what type of card your adding. As said above, screenshots are disabled during the card entry process.

Once you've added all your cards making payments is really easy with your default card. You simply unlock your phone and tap the card reader. Note: you must have NFC enabled.

You can make payments with the other cards, but need to open the app and select it before attempting to pay. This is also true with reward cards etc. But in my short experience it works well.

You can also open the app, select the card and view your past payments. It will give you info on location, shop, cost etc.

You can also set up notifications to let you know when a payment has been made... Odd given your having to unlock the phone anyway but some may find this useful. I've got it disabled.

Another thing you can do, is use it to pay for your apps etc, and not just with Google play store. I've not had the opportunity to test this with other sites, but I'm sure given how well the rest of the app works, this will also be flawless.

Any questions, let me know.

Re: Android Pay Review

MI5 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:37:48 GMT

Good review, thanks.

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jonsie — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:55:48 GMT

I se it up in the Uk and eventually got it working with difficulty but the app has been updated since so it's much easier now. Good review

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Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:58:24 GMT

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Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:00:16 GMT

Got it now, cheers. Don't know why I couldn't screen shot those pages

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blissgirl — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:02:51 GMT

Good review @Curr946

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Cleoriff — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:08:24 GMT

Good review @Curr946. Thanks for including pictures. By the way it 'seems' as if you are enjoying your android phone?

Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:44:58 GMT

@Cleoriff yeah I am, very much so. Miss very little about my Windows phone. The live tiles, and the not being able to get outlook calendar syning correctly with Gmail, but that was solved by justing the Gmail for emails and calander. Outlook now forwards my mail so... Not a real big issue.

I'm always open to good tips for making my experience more enjoyable lol

Re: Android Pay Review

Cleoriff — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:30:14 GMT

I have two email sections on my Note 4. Gmail for emails from here and btinternet for everything else. The BT ones just come into 'Email' section. On my PC I have Outlook but don't bother with it on phone.

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Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:32:16 GMT

Good review @Curr946 love the photos

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MI5 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:04:07 GMT

@Curr946 wrote:
@Cleoriff yeah I am, very much so. Miss very little about my Windows phone. The live tiles, and the not being able to get outlook calendar syning correctly with Gmail, but that was solved by justing the Gmail for emails and calander. Outlook now forwards my mail so... Not a real big issue.

I'm always open to good tips for making my experience more enjoyable lol

You need to pull your outlook email account in through your gmail one and choose the outlook calendar to sync in settings.

Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:17:29 GMT

Ok, take it I need to do that on the PC then? Not a massive issue now as decided just to use my Gmail account for email and calendar now anyway.

Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:19:06 GMT

Btw @MI5 any idea how I get my work email back using the BYOD god platform. It worked natively on my Windows phone, but need an app for android.

Re: Android Pay Review

MI5 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:37:47 GMT

My work email account is pulled in through an exchange account - works perfectly.

Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:00:36 GMT

I'll raise an IT ticket tomorrow to see what I'm doing wrong

Re: Android Pay Review

MI5 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:12:05 GMT

You might need to download a security certificate when connected to your company wifi.

Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:41:58 GMT

Ah... Yup I mind having to do something like before. I'll let you know I get in tomorrow at work 😉

Re: Android Pay Review

Curr946 — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:48:36 GMT

So my works signed up with Blackberry to use their Good Enterprise application on IOS and Android. IT sorted this all out for me today.

Re: Android Pay Review

MI5 — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:52:35 GMT

Aha, that would explain it....

Re: Android Pay Review

Toby — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:27:33 GMT

Great review @Curr946 Nicely done!

The payment notification system seems like it would be useful to me for sure. Well done.