Android Pay Review

[Curr946]

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. 

[MI5]

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@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

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

[Curr946]

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.

[Curr946]

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.

[MI5]

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

[Curr946]

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

[MI5]

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

[Curr946]

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

[Curr946]

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.

[MI5]

Aha, that would explain it....

[Toby]

Great review @Curr946  Nicely done!

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