Google Wallet.. You can access all of your credit/debit cards, passes, tickets, digital vehicle keys, and more in one place with Google Wallet, which also allows you to pay with a tap on your Android smartphone.
Though there’s always space for improvement, the service has recently made things easier for customers by importing movie tickets and boarding cards into Wallet instantly from Gmail.
For regular users, there’s good news: cinema tickets and boarding permits will be immediately linked to Google Wallet using the email confirmation from Gmail, according to the most recent release notes (via Mishaal Rahman). According to Google, this new feature “is live for some global movie chains and airlines,” and it will soon be extended to other businesses.
Currently, after checking out on the partner’s website, consumers must manually enter the information for their movie tickets using the Add to Google Wallet option. According to Google’s support website, customers may access the PDF confirmation of their flight ticket and take a screenshot with the airline’s QR code or barcode centered on the screen to use as boarding credentials.
It’s unclear right now if the new auto-add feature would scan the email text alone or the PDF file that is attached to the confirmation. However, we think this was a fantastic feature addition and that it should never have been eliminated; more on that later. It is important to note that Apple iOS does not yet allow tickets or passes to be automatically added to its app (also known as Wallet) by email.
Wallet users may now manually archive passes and tickets in the app in addition to this new feature. According to Google, this will function on smartphones as well as Wear OS wearables. Expired passes will now be moved to the Archived Passes area. This manual archiving feature in Google Wallet was mentioned in a 9to5Google post last week, and it looks to be more generally accessible today.
While it seems handy, having cinema tickets and boarding credentials display instantly on Google Wallet is not a novel idea. Using the app’s settings, the firm enabled auto-imports for “loyalty cards, tickets, and offers” back when Google Pay was still in operation (RIP). This appears to be a repackaged version of that concept, just for Google Wallet. The service is used to changes and has previously undergone a few rebrandings before returning to its previous moniker in 2022.
