Wear OS Google Pay

bromley52

Does anyone know if the wear os version of Google pay will work in Ireland?

The high horse brigade

bromley52 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the wear os version of Google pay will work in Ireland?

It works but keeps disabling itself after about 20 mins. I use the pay enabler app to quickly turn it back on, I have that set to a hardware button

grimm2005

as bromley says it does work but frustratingly keeps disabling with pay enabler being the least head wrecking way of re-enabling. It only started happening with the Oreo update on my watch and I can't understand the logic why we're on the unsupported countries list when it clearly works. Until we're added to that list I don't think there's much we can do but put up with it.

pedatron

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but has anyone ever sorted this out? Absolutely incredible that it's been ignored this long considering how common contactless payment is now. I picked up a fossil sport watch on a deal a few weeks back and couldn't believe it wasn't enabled. Such a random thing to not work in Ireland when phones have had it for years!

Nollog

pedatron wrote: »

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but has anyone ever sorted this out? Absolutely incredible that it's been ignored this long considering how common contactless payment is now. I picked up a fossil sport watch on a deal a few weeks back and couldn't believe it wasn't enabled. Such a random thing to not work in Ireland when phones have had it for years!

Same situation here, thinking of sending it back.
I've pay enabler and a VPN on my phone to enable it, but half the time it still says it's not available so can't trust it'll work.

pedatron

/\/ollog wrote: »

Same situation here, thinking of sending it back.
I've pay enabler and a VPN on my phone to enable it, but half the time it still says it's not available so can't trust it'll work.

It's terrible but not a deal-breaker on the watch for me to be honest. I paid £69 with a £20 voucher for it on Amazon and definitely think it's worth that. More frustrating than anything else as I can't see any reason for it not working only that Google couldn't care less to enable it. Fitbit pay and apple pay work no problem at all with smartwatches in Ireland from what I've seen.

Loadedscream

pedatron wrote: »

It's terrible but not a deal-breaker on the watch for me to be honest. I paid £69 with a £20 voucher for it on Amazon and definitely think it's worth that. More frustrating than anything else as I can't see any reason for it not working only that Google couldn't care less to enable it. Fitbit pay and apple pay work no problem at all with smartwatches in Ireland from what I've seen.

It worked on my fossil sport when i got it first but was then disabled after a wear os update. What i did was factory reset the watch and disable the auto updates for the wear os app on the watch and on the phone. It works for me albeit you will be running an out of date version of wear os (no tiles etc.)

pedatron

Loadedscream wrote: »

It worked on my fossil sport when i got it first but was then disabled after a wear os update. What i did was factory reset the watch and disable the auto updates for the wear os app on the watch and on the phone. It works for me albeit you will be running an out of date version of wear os (no tiles etc.)

Thanks! Good idea! I never knew that! I've actually disabled a load of apps running in the background via ADB to save battery so I'll probably just leave it as it is. Battery is about 50% going to bed most days and I use the watch for about 16 or 17 hours so I'll always get a full day out of it!

Nollog

Loadedscream wrote: »

It worked on my fossil sport when i got it first but was then disabled after a wear os update. What i did was factory reset the watch and disable the auto updates for the wear os app on the watch and on the phone. It works for me albeit you will be running an out of date version of wear os (no tiles etc.)

How'd you reset it? I tried from system settings "disconnect and reset" and it didn't roll back my update. I definitely installed one when I first turned it on.

Loadedscream

/\/ollog wrote: »

How'd you reset it? I tried from system settings "disconnect and reset" and it didn't roll back my update. I definitely installed one when I first turned it on.

Yes just a simple factory reset brought mine back to the pre H update. I just set it up in airplane mode and made sure to turn off the updates on the watch before connecting again. pay was working fine.

Nollog

Loadedscream wrote: »

Yes just a simple factory reset brought mine back to the pre H update. I just set it up in airplane mode and made sure to turn off the updates on the watch before connecting again. pay was working fine.

Ah mine must be a different batch or something, I reset without any WiFi or anything and it stays on "H MR1", pay is active but as soon as I try it it asks for an account and the only way to add one is with the Bluetooth, which then disables pay.

Thanks anyway, was worth trying.

Sheep Shagger

Sorry to dig up a post that was last commented on 3 months ago...

Has anyone managed to get Google Pay to work on Samsung Galaxy watch?

LoGiE

Google pay does not work on Samsung watches. The Tizen OS does not support the app and uses Samsung Pay (Also not supported in Ireland)

In Ireland, for reasons best know to Google, GPay on smartwatches running Google's Wear OS does not work due to a region lockout. There is a workaround that is not feasible for the average user. (Setting your watch to development mode and using a vpn)

It looks as though Ireland drags behind when it comes to smartwatches with Google Pay and Samsung Pay both unsupported. Why do they hold hold us in such contempt? Who knows... and they don't seem to be in a rush to tell anyone through any official channels.

If anyone really wants to use their smartwatch to pay for goods then you should invest in an Apple , a Fitbit or a Garmin smartwatch (uses fitbit pay too).

For reference: Gpay on Wear Os is supported in these countries.
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, the UK, or the US

Sheep Shagger

Thanks, Samsung Ireland advised someone on their twitter account that Samsung Pay was not coming to Ireland, anytime soon....

Would love one of the irish tech jounos to ask someone high up in either Google or Samsung as to why this is the case.

wear os pay is only in 11 countries worldwide

google pay itself is only in 28 countries worldwide (including Ireland)

so from one point of view it's sh1t not to have wear os pay but on the other hand maybe lucky to have google pay

Sheep Shagger

glasso wrote: »

wear os pay is only in 11 countries worldwide

google pay itself is only in 28 countries worldwide (including Ireland)

so from one point of view it's sh1t not to have wear os pay but on the other hand maybe lucky to have google pay

It's the not being able to use on a watch when you can use your phone for payments that doesn't make a lot of sense.

Cotts72

Has anyone found a workaround or had any success enabling it?

Sheep Shagger

Cotts72 wrote: »

Has anyone found a workaround or had any success enabling it?

Nope - have given up.

Sold my Samsung Galaxy watch and bought a fitbit, paying for stuff in shops with my watch is really handy.

ibFoxer

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Nope - have given up.

Sold my Samsung Galaxy watch and bought a fitbit, paying for stuff in shops with my watch is really handy.

Fitbit Pay? I'd imagine, now that it's owned by Google, it will be integrated that way, but I am considering the plunge myself for a Fitbit device.

Sheep Shagger

ibFoxer wrote: »

Fitbit Pay? I'd imagine, now that it's owned by Google, it will be integrated that way, but I am considering the plunge myself for a Fitbit device.

Yep, comes with google assistant,got a versa 3...very happy with it.

Got the galaxy watch as a freebie when I bought my note 9 and managed to get €120 for it so versa was peanuts.

Sone good deals on fitbits in the January sales..

Gazedor

Cotts72 wrote: »

Has anyone found a workaround or had any success enabling it?

I have it working (ticwatch). Little bit of set up involved but working perfect

TheChizler

Gazedor wrote: »

I have it working (ticwatch). Little bit of set up involved but working perfect

Is that the proxy/faking region thingy or some other way I might be bothered to try?

Gazedor

TheChizler wrote: »

Is that the proxy/faking region thingy or some other way I might be bothered to try?

Aye, it's not too bad to set up and works perfectly when you do. Its the only solution at the moment.

grimeire

Gazedor wrote: »

I have it working (ticwatch). Little bit of set up involved but working perfect

Can you provide any info on how you got it working with ticwatch.

I get google pay hasn't launched in this location yet. when i launch the app.

TheChizler

Gazedor wrote: »

Aye, it's not too bad to set up and works perfectly when you do. Its the only solution at the moment.

Do you mind me asking which proxy service you're using? Tried a couple free ones but there's no indication it's working

LeeroyJ.

Launching in late may or June.


https://www.androidauthority.com/wear-os-update-1225683/

Google Pay on Wear OS will also be expanded to support 37 countries and more than 200 transit systems around the world. Google’s goal is to have it supported as well as it is on phones. The new countries include the United Arab Emirates, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, and Ukraine. This expansion will roll out in late May/early June.

pizzahead77

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

Launching in late may or June.


https://www.androidauthority.com/wear-os-update-1225683/

Google Pay on Wear OS will also be expanded to support 37 countries and more than 200 transit systems around the world. Google’s goal is to have it supported as well as it is on phones. The new countries include the United Arab Emirates, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, and Ukraine. This expansion will roll out in late May/early June.

This is the news I've finally been waiting for.

Just "enabled" Google Pay" on the watch and it downloaded the latest version and I was able to set it up up so it is now working but yet to test it out.

TheChizler

Great to hear! Though my TicWatch Pro is so slow now it would be faster to pay in cash than try to use it

Sheep Shagger

Good news, still won't work on a Samsung Galaxy watch but that could br changing soon if the rumours of Samsung moving to OS Wear is true.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/17/22439989/samsung-galaxy-watch-4-wear-os-tizen-switch

LeeroyJ.

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Good news, still won't work on a Samsung Galaxy watch but that could br changing soon if the rumours of Samsung moving to OS Wear is true.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/17/22439989/samsung-galaxy-watch-4-wear-os-tizen-switch

It's confirmed https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/05/18/google-and-samsung-team-up-to-fix-wear-os/

Samsung and Google teamed up to create the next version of Wear OS and the next Galaxy watch will run Wear OS. Also Spotify is releasing an update to enable downloaded music.

pizzahead77

pizzahead77 wrote: »

This is the news I've finally been waiting for.

Just "enabled" Google Pay" on the watch and it downloaded the latest version and I was able to set it up up so it is now working but yet to test it out.

It was a test - access has now been removed again for Ireland.

Will be in on a permanent basis with the real rollout mentioned in the article.

listermint

glasso wrote: »

It was a test - access has now been removed again for Ireland.

Will be in on a permanent basis with the real rollout mentioned in the article.

Absolute fckrs it's disappeared off my watch again..only turned it on yesterday.

bromley52

I have been looking for some sort of list of countries where the Wear OS Google Pay will be available.

I came across this and I'm delighted that Ireland is included.

Sheep Shagger

bromley52 wrote: »

I have been looking for some sort of list of countries where the Wear OS Google Pay will be available.

I came across this and I'm delighted that Ireland is included.

See above, Ireland worked for a short while but is back to not working, despite what that article says.

bromley52

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

See above, Ireland worked for a short while but is back to not working, despite what that article says.

I saw that but I hope it was testing/ a mistake.

TheChizler

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

See above, Ireland worked for a short while but is back to not working, despite what that article says.

Article says end of May/start of June so I wouldn't throw out all hope yet.

The Dark Knight

bromley52 wrote: »

I have been looking for some sort of list of countries where the Wear OS Google Pay will be available.

I came across this and I'm delighted that Ireland is included.

Great to see it will be on new WearOS.
But that probably puts the nail in the coffin of it being releases on most existing watches. All rumours indicate that new WearOS version will have limited backward compatibility due to HW specs required.
We'll have to wait for the Samsung Galaxy watch 4 range (probably Aug/Sep time frame).
Hoping it will work in Ireland from Day 1.

listermint

It was on my watch here for an entire day. They said it was a trial and then turned it off.

It's merely a toggle there's nothing stopping them activating it tomorrow.

grimeire

Anyone confirm if G-Pay is not actually available in Ireland. G-Pay supported countries list still does not include Ireland.

https://support.google.com/wearos/answer/7643998?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

grimeire

grimeire wrote: »

Anyone confirm if G-Pay is not actually available in Ireland. G-Pay supported countries list still does not include Ireland.

https://support.google.com/wearos/answer/7643998?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

No not officially supported yet

Fiend-Foe

I was having the same problem,

I tried the proxy method, sideloaded the permanent proxy app onto my TicWatch pro over ADB which was a whole thing in itself and tried tons of different proxy servers in the UK and US. None of them worked even when I appeared to be connected to them and had a UK IP.

Solution for me was to disable WiFi on the watch and connect only via bluetooth and run an always on VPN on my phone, I'm connecting through an Isle of Man server. Seems to have faster ping times than the rest of the UK, same as the Irish server.

I'm sure there are lots of free VPN apps, I'm using PIA it's pretty reasonable and Google pay works fine.

Hopefully this helps someone, was wrecking my head for ages. Hopefully Google sort their **** out soon.

Fiend-Foe

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117622776#Comment_117622776

Disregard this... Worked for 2 or 3 days.

Google seem to have blocked all of the IPs I can get from PIA, maybe I shouldn't have posted about it 🤬

redmond08

I've had the Fossil Sport for over 2 years & always wanted to use my Google Pay on it. Hopefully soon 🤞 I will probably replace it when the new Wear OS is released, doesn't look like a lot of the old watches will be getting the update, but mine does have the snapdragon 3100, so we will see.

LeeroyJ.

Edit: rolling out now. Just updated google pay and used it in spar.

Seems to be rolling out shortly:

"New experiences rolling out to Wear OS 2

Pay in more countries with Google Pay

Easy contactless payment from your wrist has always been a part of Wear OS. We’re now expanding support for Google Pay to 16 new countries including Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates, with more to come. You’ll also see the app’s revamped design so credit cards stored in your wallet are larger and easier to swipe through. "

https://support.google.com/wearos/thread/120789017/new-and-updated-app-experiences-coming-to-wear-os?s=09

bromley52

This is great news.

This is already working, tried it earlier the app updated and works

Sheep Shagger

So what brands of smart watch use Wear OS?

Am I correct in thinking Samsung Galaxy watches don't? And that only new ones will?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/samsung-galaxy-watch-4-is-coming-for-apple-watch-crown-with-wear-os-3/

Some nice Tic watches out which now they work with Google pay are interesting options...

https://www.harveynorman.ie/connected-health/sports-watches/mobvoi-ticwatch-e2-shadow-black.html

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117740206#Comment_117740206

Bloody screen broke last week on my Active and Samsung said they would fix it but would have to change me but ended up preording one of the classics today.

Definitely seems a better upgrade

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117740229#Comment_117740229

You should've waited for the new wear OS 3, pretty much every old wear OS watch will be dated if not obsoleted overnight. Lots of changes coming in the new wear OS that are not being rolled out to older hardware. I've got the Ticwatch pro 3 which is one of a few getting this new update

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/22/22588440/google-wear-os-3-update-smartwatch-samsung-2022

The Dark Knight

Brilliant news! Has expected that it would only work on WearOS 3, but just updated Google Pay app and was able to add my Card. Need to test tomorrow morning and hope for no red face embarrassment if the HW let's me down.

Will still likely upgrade watch in near future, but added feature will hopefully increase sale price for current watch.

Nollog

It worked for me today on my fossil watch, saw my whole watch had updates for everything a few days ago. New look play store and everything.

It's nice to think Google might be trying with their new wear, but they've done this twice before...