Search Engine giant Google has official announced that US users can now send or request Money from their contacts on their Android or iPhone devices by just tapping on Google Assistant or a voice command as "Hey Google".
Sam Kansara, Product Manager, Google Pay has posted on his blog as
" You can ask your Google Assistant to pay your friends back with Google Pay. You can easily send or request money from your contacts for free - using the Assistant on Android and iOS phones in the US."
" You can ask your Google Assistant to pay your friends back with Google Pay. You can easily send or request money from your contacts for free - using the Assistant on Android and iOS phones in the US."
Further added " To get started, just say 'Hey Google, request $20 from Sam for the show tonight' or 'Hey Google, send Jane $15 for lunch today' and let your Google Assistant do the rest"
Users need to set up Google Pay account who are trying it for the first time and later on the commands will follow up to get or receive payments.Transactions made via Google Assistant would require authentication beyond just your voiceprint to send money, either with their Google password or fingerprint