Google launches Wallet and Pay on Wear OS to more countries

Last year, Google expanded its Pay service to more countries alongside the launch of Google Wallet. However, the compatibility of the service was largely limited to the Android phone app version, with wearables receiving little support. Google has now announced that several countries will be able to use Google Pay with Wear OS, allowing for contactless payments via smartwatch.

In 2022, Google rebranded its wallet app as Google Wallet, while still maintaining the payment method as Google Pay. The digital wallet was also improved to include digital passes, tickets, boarding passes, virtual keys, and IDs, in addition to bank cards.

Tap-to-pay functionality on smartwatches is available on those running the Wear OS 2 or Wear OS 3 operating system, as well as non-Android watches like the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4. However, it is important to note that adding a supported debit or credit card requires an Android phone or iPhone (Wear OS 2).

Initially, Google Wallet and Pay with Wear OS were only available in major countries such as the USA, UK, and certain European countries. Thirteen more countries were added at the end of 2022, and this week Google expanded the service to three additional regions, bringing the total number of countries supported by Google’s payment solutions to 60.

Google Wallet countries

USA	UK	Australia
Armenia	Australia	Austria
Azerbaijan	Belgium	Brazil
Bulgaria	Canada	Chile
Costa Rica	Croatia	Cyprus
Czech Republic	Denmark	Ecuador
Estonia	Finland	France
Georgia	Germany	Greece
Hong Kong	Hungary	Iceland
Ireland	Israel	Italy
Kazakhstan	Kyrgyzstan	Kuwait
Latvia	Liechtenstein	Lithuania
Luxembourg	Malaysia	Malta
Mexico	Moldova	Netherlands
New Zealand	Norway	Poland
Portugal	Qatar	Romania
Serbia	Singapore	Slovakia
Slovenia	South Africa	Spain
Switzerland	Taiwan	Thailand
Ukraine	UAE	Vietnam

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