Google launches pockets app in India for Android customers, however with out fee options

Tech large Google on Wednesday introduced the launch of the Google Pockets app in India, enabling customers to save lots of their journey tickets, present playing cards and occasion passes in a single place. It nevertheless doesn’t help fee options reminiscent of saving bank cards or debit playing cards within the pockets for on-tap funds.

This Pockets app provides quick and safe entry to on a regular basis necessities, enabling individuals to conveniently retailer and retrieve vital digital paperwork like boarding passes, loyalty playing cards, film tickets, and extra. Google Pockets enhances Google Pay, which is able to proceed to serve the funds wants of customers throughout India.

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Google has partnered with 20 of India’s high manufacturers to allow the Google Pockets expertise, together with PVR & INOX, Air India, Indigo, Flipkart, Pine Labs, Kochi Metro, Abhibus and plenty of others, with extra companions to be added within the months to comply with. 

 Google Pockets is now out there for obtain from the Google Play Retailer for all Android customers in India.

Like all Google merchandise, Google Pockets is constructed to the very best safety and privateness requirements, the place individuals have full management over what data is saved and the way it’s used, the tech large mentioned,

Ram Papatla, GM & India Engineering Lead, Android at Google, mentioned, “The arrival of Google Pockets in India marks an vital milestone in Android’s India journey, bringing revolutionary and handy experiences to simplify peoples’ each day lives. 

We’re delighted to accomplice with a lot of India’s high manufacturers to supply a complete resolution that helps you securely entry and handle your on a regular basis necessities. From boarding passes to loyalty playing cards, and occasion tickets to public transport passes – they’re there once you want them.”

 Satya Ramaswamy, Chief Digital and Know-how Officer, Air India, mentioned “In our mission to please our clients by means of revolutionary digital experiences, we’re at all times searching for alternatives to accomplice with world corporations like Google to convey guest-friendly capabilities to life. On this quest, we’re glad to be the primary airline from India to make our boarding passes out there immediately on the Google Pockets”

Gaurav Arora, Vice President of Funds and Supercoins, Flipkart, mentioned, “At Flipkart, we prioritize creating the perfect buyer expertise. Through the years, now we have persistently labored in direction of making certain our SuperCoins Reward Programme, which is one among India’s largest rewards programmes, is essentially the most fulfilling expertise for each buyer. We consider that the redemption of SuperCoins is as gratifying as incomes cash, and we’re excited to reward buyers in new methods. We wish to congratulate and welcome Google Pockets in India.”  

 Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, Government Director, PVR INOX Restricted, added, “At PVR INOX, we always try to raise the client expertise, and we’re delighted to collaborate with Google to increase the Google Pockets expertise for our patrons. Film-going is an important side of individuals’s each day routines for out-of-home leisure. By integrating purchases made by means of the PVR and INOX Internet and App, together with tickets, meals and drinks, and the Passport subscription program, clients can conveniently entry their bookings by means of Google Pockets.”