


But what really makes Android devices shine is Google’s ever-improving suite of apps and services, especially the Play Store and Google Play Services. On its own, Android is an excellent platform for everything from phones and watches to TVs and car infotainment systems.

state IDs and drivers’ licenses in the iPhone Wallet app last year, and Arizona was the first state to enable the feature in March.Google System Updates for March 2023 give you more control over the loyalty/rewards cards in your Google Wallet, and more. Google is also hoping to add support for drivers’ licenses and other forms of government IDs in Wallet, but work on that feature has been ongoing for years. Google is also adding the ability for companies to store generic passes in Wallet that don’t fit into existing categories, and you have the option of using your phone’s camera to scan any existing barcode yourself and save them to Google Wallet (though results may vary). The good news is that any stores, apps, or services that work with Google Pay will keep working as normal in the new Wallet app. You’ll also be able to copy passes from Gmail and Google Photos to Wallet. Google used a concert as an example, where you might have parking tickets, event tickets, and food vouchers that should be organized in the same place. Much of that functionality is already possible with Pay, but Google wants Wallet to be more accessible - more phones will have a Wallet button on the lock screen (Pixels have it for Pay already), and related items will be grouped together in the app. That includes plane tickets, bus passes, store cards/rewards programs, gift cards, vaccine cards, temporary offers.

The new Wallet app will still have all your payment cards for tap-to-pay, just like the current version of Google Pay, but the end goal is for the app to store everything you might keep in a physical wallet.
