How did Google Hands Free Become the Best? Find Out

How did Google Hands Free Become the Best? Find Out

Paying with your phone is easy. Using a service like Apple Pay, you simply take your phone out, raise it to a compatible terminal, and you’re good to go. It’s that easy, and, along with Samsung Pay, these are the service that will likely be the future of mobile payments. But Google might have just come up with the best solution of all.
When Google was teasing their Hands Free payment method last year, we didn’t really know what to make of it. The service allows users to pay at retailers and restaurants simply by mentioning that they’d like to “pay with Google.” At the time, the search giant was pretty elusive about how this system worked and what security methods would be in place. It turns out that some of our speculation was right on the money.

The video above demonstrates how it all works. Rather than fumbling around for your wallet, or even taking out your phone, just walk into a store, tell the cashier you want to pay with Google, and you’re done. That’s about as simple as it gets.

Hands Free is an app that runs on Android 4.2 and up or any iOS device from the iPhone 4S going forward. When you set up the app, you’ll create an account and link a credit or debit card to it. Upload a photo of yourself, and you’re good to go. When you walk into a Hands Free supported store or restaurant, the app interfaces with the cashier’s register via Bluetooth and wifi, so when you say that you’d like to pay with Google, all the cashier has to do is verify that you are who you say you are via the photo you uploaded. No cards, no cash, and you don’t even have to pull your phone out of your pocket. You just take your items and go, transaction processed.

Google says the service is on its way to McDonalds and Papa Johns in the San Francisco Bay Area, and will initially only be available as a preview. More stores will likely support the service as it gains more traction; Google is asking for merchants to sign up if they’re interested in offering the service, while consumers are encouraged to request an invite to use the service.

If Hands Free turns out to be popular and safe in this limited, public test arena, then we may see it expand significantly over the next year or so. In the meantime, what are your thoughts regarding Google’s new payment method? Creepy or the way of the future? Let us know in the comments below!
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