Google Wallet overhaul shifts emphasis away from NFC

Extract "NFC has died more than once since the Beacon move from Apple and Paypal. Even if Nexus phones have embedded NFC chips, Google is also moving away more and more from this technology…

Extract  "Google has overhauled its mobile wallet service, opening it up to all Android devices running version 2.3 or higher and distancing it from its NFC-based origins.

When it launched in 2011 Google Wallet was pitched as a tool for enabling in-store, NFC-based payments. But, thanks to a limited number of compatible handsets and the refusal of telcos AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to back it, the service has failed to take off."

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