[HN Gopher] Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses an... ___________________________________________________________________ Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more Author : muhammadusman Score : 16 points Date : 2020-11-18 22:28 UTC (32 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (blog.google) (TXT) w3m dump (blog.google) | jklinger410 wrote: | >That's why we're working with trusted financial institutions to | create Plex, a new mobile-first bank account integrated into | Google Pay. | | Plex is already a product. | tylorr wrote: | Google got rid of automated Google Fi group payment | splitting/management, does this add a feature that will replace | that? | qmarchi wrote: | Start a group, tap "Split a bill", I've been using it for my Fi | group for a bit now. | thesuperbigfrog wrote: | Google already has too much info from email, location tracking, | and search history. | | Getting into bank accounts is too much. It would let them know | exactly how effective advertising is since they would see how | money is spent and they already know what advertisements they | show you. | | Sorry, but no. Hard pass from me. | ra7 wrote: | They _say_ your transaction history with Google Pay won 't be | used in other Google services. How much you trust that is up to | you. | pluto9 wrote: | With all the horror stories I've heard of them shutting down | peoples' accounts with no explanation, recourse, or way to | recover their contents, I have to agree. | apapli wrote: | I really admire Google, but they have become notorious for their | "fast fail" mentality and product sun setting. | | No matter how good this may be I don't trust google to not close | this down or make major modifications that could cause issues in | 1,3,5+ years from now. | | So it's a reluctant "no thanks" from me, as I really wish they | would plan their product portfolio more long term than history so | far demonstrates. | bberenberg wrote: | Coming to a Google Graveyard near you in 202X. | topkeks wrote: | le epic reddit comment am i right ;) | stephencoyner wrote: | The UI seems quite slow. When changing tabs or scrolling there is | a noticeable delay. Feels about 60% like a native app. | | I noticed someone in this thread say its built with Flutter which | is cool to see! Hopefully it can compete with native sometime | soon.. in the meantime this isn't there yet | benbristow wrote: | Sounds like Plex is their competition to the likes of Fintech | banks in the UK (Monzo/Starling). Wonder if they'll bring it over | here. | kyrra wrote: | (Googler, opinions are my own. I also work on backend payment | systems there). Also, this is a copy/paste from the other thread | that never hit the front-page. | | A fun technical piece here is that this expands on the Google Pay | for India app, which is built on Flutter for android and iOS[0]. | As well, it's great to see Plex (bank accounts) officially | announced, though it was talked about ~1 year ago here[1]. | | [0] https://developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/google-pay- | picks-f... | | [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21523335 ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-18 23:00 UTC)