Android Gmail App Can Now Send Money

Owe someone money? Google wants to make it a picayune easier to settle your debt.

Google Wallet Gmail for Android

The Web giant on Tuesday announced that Google Wallet is now integrated with the Gmail app for Android, offering an easy way for you to send and receive money. The integration means you can now asking and accept money in a few simple steps correct from Gmail for Android, as you tin can already practice via Gmail on the Web.

"Whether you're splitting a dinner bill or planning a group trip, you now have a fee-free style to work out the details and settle up without ever leaving the Gmail app on Android," Google Production Manager Sam Kansara wrote in a weblog mail service.

If yous've always added an attachment to an e-mail, yous'll already know how use this new feature. Just tap on the attachment icon similar you normally would when adding a document or image to an email, and choose whether you desire to send or request money.

The recipient can receive money right from the email itself, without having to install another payment app. Recipients tin can as well adapt for any money they receive to go right into their bank business relationship. Best of all, this service is completely free for both the sender and the recipient.

At this bespeak, the feature is only available in the U.South. via Gmail on Android or the Web.

For the uninitiated, Google Wallet is a mobile payment system that lets you lot ship money to anyone in the U.S. with an email accost or a phone number (even if they don't have a Wallet account).

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's adept on fitness and smart home products. Educational activity yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued health products including fettle trackers, centre rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength grooming machines, treadmills, and more. Angela likewise tests smart dwelling devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, but to name a few.