Google Pay APIs improve checkout and pass experiences

Google has updated API to support new features which improve the online checkout and pass experiences. The Google Pay sheet will display detail about the purchase and cost per item, shipping options will display to prevent the customer from return to the merchant site.

Some of the features were debuted at this year’s I/O developer conference, but Google has now provided further detail of how they can be used in practice.

The new button API enables dynamic purchase buttons visible with the right styling and colors determined by your user device or browser. Google is currently experimenting with display information as per what card they will be paying with.

Google Pay’s API for Passes is adding new capabilities and integrations to help users keep up with their loyalty programs, gift cards, offers, boarding passes, and event tickets.

For Example, the users can now checkIn to flights using Google Assistant and have the boarding pass saved in Google Pay. If a flight is not yet open for checkIn, a notification will be sent to do via Assistant.

A high priority notification will be sent to the user before few hours their flight takeoff, so it can be easily accessed. Transit is becoming an open API so providers which offer barcode tickets can have digital versions provided in Google Pay. To increase security and prevent duplicate tickets from being used, Google is working on dynamic barcodes that update every few seconds even if a device is offline.