

You can also use Google Pay at checkout on websites as well as in apps such as Caviar, Starbucks and Airbnb. With Google Pay, you can also send or request money from your browser.Ģ. Next, select the Send or Request Money tab.Ĥ. Enter the amount of money you want to send or request, and then enter a recipient's phone number, email or enter their name to pull in info from their contact card.ĥ. Finally, tap Send or Request. If they have Google Pay on their phone, they can share their Google Pay QR code with you (or vice versa).

If the person you're sending or requesting from isn't in your contacts, type in their phone number or email.ĥ. You can send and request cash with friends and family, just like you can with Venmo and Zelle.ġ. To send cash, open the Google Pay app.ģ. From there, select a contact to send money to or request money from.Ĥ. Charlie Wagner/CNET Send and receive money with Google Payīut Google Pay isn't just about using your phone instead of plastic cards. I spent seven years writing breaking news for CNET as one of the site’s East Coast reporters. I've also written two books for Wiley & Sons- Windows 8: Five Minutes at a Time and Teach Yourself Visually LinkedIn.Once of the most convenient uses I found for Google Pay was using it to get cash out of an ATM. Beyond PCMag, I've written news stories and tutorials for a variety of other websites and publications, including CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, Macworld, Popular Science, Time, Fortune, US News & World Report, and AARP Magazine. I've been working for PCMag since early 2016 writing tutorials, how-to pieces, and other articles on consumer technology.

