Google Wallet is now cloud based and lets you use any debit or credit card you wish

August 1, 2012

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Google Wallet is now cloud based and lets you use any debit or credit card you wish 4

To say Google Wallet is moving slow might be an understatement, but Google continues to make improvements. Today is a big one in that we can now use any major debit or credit card we want like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. They also announced they are moving card storage to highly secure Google Servers. This will make it easier for banks to add their cards to the Wallet app in a few weeks.

The other advantage to the cloud is you can now remotely disable your phone from using Google Wallet in the event you lose it. You simply go to the Devices Section on the Google Wallet website and you select which device you want to disable. You will still need to use a pin for your transactions, which is the only thing that will be stored on your phone. I still recommend using a pin lock or pattern lock for overall access to your phone to give you complete security in the event you do lose your phone though.

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.