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  • Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay - and fitbit watches

    From Carlos E.R.@robin_listas@es.invalid to comp.mobile.android on Sun Oct 12 22:30:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    On 2024-05-05 16:24, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2024-05-04 12:31, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2024-05-04 12:20, Bob Henson wrote:
    On 4.5.24 10:06 am, Arno Welzel wrote:
    Jim the Geordie, 2024-05-04 01:29:

    Any preferences here - and why?

    Samsung Wallet only works with Samsung devices but not on my ancient
    Samsung Gear S3 and probably also not because I am not based in US.

    So I use Google Wallet ("Google Pay" was renamed) which works fine and >>>> can even be used in newer smartwatches if they are based on WearOS like >>>> Ticwatch Pro 5.


    The ability to pay by smartwatch is very handy - I use it nearly all
    the time. It has an additional advantage - when paying bills to young
    counter assistants or waiters, they can't believe that an old geezer
    of 80 can understand the technology when they frequently struggle
    with it. I like to score the odd point for the old folk when I can
    <grin>

    Heh. You have convinced me :-D


    I tried to activate the feature in my fitbit charge 6. At the last step
    it failed and said to contact my bank. :-(

    I was in the parking lot of a supermarket, and it occured to me to try
    again; same thing. Then I thought that perhaps it was not an app
    problem, but a bank problem. So I tried with the card of another bank,
    that I seldom use. Bingo! Added to the watch easily. Well, I had to ask
    google where to add a card to fitbit, because it is hidden. Today menu,
    then tap on the watch icon top-left, then on the watch device, then
    "google", which in the small print says "wallet".

    Then I tried to activate it in the watch, still inside my car. Huh, it
    asks for a pin. What pin? It said nothing of a pin. Ask google again.
    Yes, there is one. Set it up. Then check the phone. Right, pin accepted.
    It is cumbersome to enter a pin there. A mistake when tapping, I have to restart, dunno how to erase the last digit. Huh, it is still active, an
    hour later. How do I turn it off? [asking chatgpt] AH! It continues
    active till you remove the watch from your wrist. That's cute!

    Anyway, I entered the supermarket a second time, bought something, and
    paid with the watch. Warm feeling. ;-)

    Although it is not the card and bank I prefer to do normal payments with.
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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