Mobile payments have become ubiquitous lately, but you can also use your smartwatch to make contactless payments with ease. Like Apple’s Watch Series, smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS also support NFC-based contactless payments, meaning you can use your watch to make transactions without having to enter your payment details or pull out your phone every time.
How to set up and pair a Wear OS watch with an iPhone: How-to and feature guide
In the following post, we’ll explain how to set up Google Pay on your Wear OS watch, what you need to know before using the app, and how to make contactless payments with it.
Before you set up Google Pay on your smartwatch, you might want to know what all you need to use Wear OS to make a payment. To make this work, you’ll need to have the following items with you:
While there are a ton of Wear OS smartwatches on the market, only a handful of them currently support payments via Google Pay. If you’re looking for a smartwatch that lets you make contactless payments, or if you already own a smartwatch and want to know if yours supports it, check out the list below:
