I’ve been writing about technology for two decades and am routinely struck by how the sector swings from startling innovation to persistent repetitiveness. My areas of specialty are wearable tech, cameras, home entertainment and mobile technology.
Digital wallets are the way to go. Tapping to pay with your phone or smartwatch is way easier than pulling out your wallet, finding the right credit card and tapping that on the card reader. But it seems that Wear OS, which powers smartwatches including Pixel Watch 2, are introducing a change which some are calling disruptive., some Wear OS users are being required to enter a PIN before paying with Google Wallet.
With Google’s Wear OS devices, until now, no PIN was needed if the watch was on your wrist. But something different seems to be happening now. It’s not yet clear whether it’s a bug, a change or a test that’s being rolled out.So, why should it be a change? Well, Google has just updated its authentication procedures for Google Wallet on the phone.on April 17, “Contactless payments from Google Wallet just got more secure.
Note that there’s no mention of what device it refers to, so it could be for watches as well as phones. It’s not the end of the world to tap in a pin, but it really is less convenient than shoving your watch at the card reader and looking smug when the person behind the counter says, “I’ve seen that on a phone but not on a watch,” or is that just me feeling full of myself?
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