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TECHNOLOGY A23
Friday 11 September 2015

Google debuts mobile-pay service in 2nd try

ANICK JESDANUN for Android Pay. Apple

AP Technology Writer Pay has raised awareness

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — about mobile payments

Google’s answer to the Ap- and more merchants now

ple Pay mobile-payment have equipment capable

service is debuting in the of accepting the pay-

U.S., marking a do-over by ments.

the company behind the Android Pay will start rolling

world’s most-used operat- out in the U.S. on Thursday,

ing system for smartphones. though it might take up to

Android Pay will be simi- a week for some users to

lar to Apple Pay, ex- get it from the Android app

cept it works on Android store.

phones rather than Apple’s The app will come in-

iPhones. On some Sam- stalled on new, compatible

sung Android phones, it will phones from AT&T, T-Mobile

sit alongside Samsung Pay. and Verizon — the Softcard

All three services let people partners.

buy goods at retail stores Samsung Pay has been

by tapping their phones available in South Korea

against the store’s pay- since Aug. 20. A U.S. trial be-

ment terminal. The user’s gan Aug. 25, with a broad-

debit or credit card on file er debut planned for Sept.

then gets charged. 28. Apple Pay launched in

Google Wallet, the com- the U.S. last October and In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, a person tries a smartphone loaded with Google Wallet at the
pany’s first attempt in mo- expanded to the U.K. this National Retail Federation in New York.
bile payments, flopped be- summer.
cause it didn’t have a big Here’s a closer look at Associated Press
enough network of com- these payment systems.
patible devices and wire- ___ night, your keys might ac- ber must be paired with a fingerprint.
less carriers willing to work WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAG- cidentally slip out. one-time code generated With Samsung Pay, you
with it. Softcard, a rival ef- ES OVER PLASTIC? The bigger advantage is by that device. Hackers need to swipe up from
fort by Verizon, AT&T and Although taking out plas- security. With all three ser- getting that number will the bottom first. That’s be-
T-Mobile, also got little trac- tic isn’t difficult, using the vices, you’re assigned a also need physical posses- cause the phone has no
tion. Google Inc. bought phone is more convenient substitute card number sion of your phone. way of detecting when it’s
much of Softcard’s tech- if you already have it out unique to the phone. The ___ near a traditional, magnet-
nologyand is combining — say, to check Facebook store gets this number, so WHAT ARE THE DISADVAN- ic terminal. You can swipe
the two to form Android while waiting in line. It’s also if its system gets hacked, TAGES? up from the lock screen or
Pay. great in cabs: When you your main card number There’s a chance it won’t the home screen, or if the
The timing is also better pull out your wallet late at isn’t compromised. To work when you try to pay. screen is off (but the phone
work, the substitute num- Many merchants don’t is on). If you’re in an app
have the newer payment such as Facebook, you

Serena Williams’ Slam bid delayed; terminals that Apple Pay need to get to the home
and Android Pay require. screen first.

U.S. Open semi postponed Samsung Pay has a back- Apple Pay and Android
up mechanism. When the Pay will work when you’re in

phone is tapped, it can any app. There’s no need

HOWARD FENDRICH matches in progress. But mimic the old-school, mag- to swipe first or launch any

AP Tennis Writer the rain did eventually ar- netic signals produced by payment app.

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena rive, wiping out play, card swipes. That means it ___

Williams will have to wait a little more than an hour should work with most exist- WHAT DO YOU NEED?

before continuing her bid before Williams and Vinci ing equipment — but not Android Pay requires an

for a calendar-year Grand were supposed to take the everywhere. For instance, Android phone that has a

Slam: Her U.S. Open semi- court. you’re not likely to give the near-field communication,

final was postponed be- It was drizzling at 7 p.m., waiter your phone — let or NFC, chip (most do) and

cause of rain in the fore- when that match would alone your passcode — to at least the KitKat version of

cast. have started. pay the check at a restau- Android, which came out

The top-seeded Williams Williams is trying to become rant. in 2013. Samsung Pay works

was supposed to face the first tennis player since ___ only with the Galaxy S6, S6

43rd-ranked Roberta Vinci Steffi Graf in 1988 to earn all HOW DO YOU MAKE A PAY- Edge and S6 Edge Plus and

of Italy on Thursday night four Grand Slam titles in a MENT? the Note 5, along with the

at Flushing Meadows, but single season. She won the A Pokemon display hangs For Android Pay, you need upcoming Gear S2 smart-
nearly four hours before Australian Open in Janu- above Toy Fair 2014 at the to turn on the screen and watch. For Apple Pay, you
that match would have ary, Jacob K. Javits Convention unlock your phone, such need an iPhone 6 or 6s, the
started, the U.S. Tennis As- the French Open in June Center Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, as with your fingerprint or Plus versions or an Apple
sociation — citing a predic- and Wimbledon in July. in New York. passcode. Then you tap Watch.

tion of “rain throughout the Now the 33-year-old Ameri- Associated Press the phone next to the pay- The latest iPad models sup-

evening” — pushed back can has won her first five nal moved to Friday from ment terminal. Apple Pay port in-app payments, but
both women’s semifinals matches at the U.S. Open, Thursday is No. 2 Simona is similar, except it works not those at stores.
until Friday. and needs two more victo- Halep of Romania against even with the screen off. Your card also needs to
When the USTA announced ries to add that champion- No. 26 Flavia Pennetta of When the phone detects be from a bank that has
the rescheduling, there ship to her 2015 collection. Italy. q the payment terminal, it signed on. The list varies by
were doubles and juniors The other women’s semifi- lights up and asks for your service and is growing.q