Apps & Services
Google Wallet Gets New Update; Increases Security
Google Wallet refers to a digital wallet app that lets you store payment cards, loyalty cards, and more. It lets you make payments through NFC using your smartphone. To still be able to make payments, we need to use a phone or smartwatch.
Now, to add an extra layer of security, Google is rolling out the latest update, which will improve security and surely enhance the user’s secure experience.
It offers tons of facilities and advantages over competing services. It even works offline seamlessly, has the power to store movie tickets and boarding passes automatically soon, and can also permit manual storage of tickets and loyalty cards.
Google Wallet is the power package of multiple facilities, about which some of the users don’t even know, such as making a payment without even unlocking their phone. Some Google Wallet users might not realize yet that to make small payments, they don’t have to unlock their phone.
Here’s the question: Is there any limitation to making payments through Google Wallet without unlocking the phone?
The simple answer is ‘Yes’! Google Wallet permits users to make small payments without unlocking the phone, but there is a different limit in each state. Up to that limit, users are permitted to make payments by unlocking their phone. The limits for different states are as follows:
- Italy: EUR 25
- Belgium: EUR 25
- France: EUR 30
- Germany: EUR 50
But the reports are saying that recently some of the users have claimed that they need to unlock their phone for every Google Wallet payment, even within the limit, regardless of the amount. The reason behind this is a recent change. A couple of weeks ago, in February, Google updated its support page about lock screen settings for making payments.
After the recent change, users must unlock their phones for each Google Wallet payment, which is not popular. Some of the users on Reddit have reported that they are being inconvenienced by this change. However, this increases security.
Over the years, Google has made several improvements to its most crucial application, the Google Play Store, and it constantly provides new utility features and improvements. Now, with the latest development, the company is working on a new capability to handle multiple application downloads.
According to the information, Google is looking to bring a new capability to download multiple applications together. Previously, when you tap on the install button of the applications, it starts downloading them one by one. When one application fully downloads, it starts downloading the second application.
However, it is worth noticing that the phenomenon of multiple downloading is limited to only two applications, meaning if you tap on more than three applications to download, it will start downloading two applications while the third one is still pending.
Additionally, the simultaneous download is limited to the new installs, but it will not apply to the update section. We hope that Google may expand the multiple downloads to update phenomenon and may increase the number of downloads together in the next developments.
As per the information, the new change has already started working on several devices, at least for the Android 14 installed devices with the latest version of the Play Store (40.6.31).
Good Lock plays a key role in providing a platform for all the customizing applications or plugins of the Galaxy devices. For information, it provides several types of plugins like NavStar, QuickStar, LockStar, Camera Assistant, and many more. With these plugins, users can perform several customizations for the smartphone UI, including navigation bars, lock screens, home screens, notifications, and many more. To manage these plugins more conveniently, the company has started rolling out the update for Good Lock.
Good Lock is receiving a new update, version 2.2.04.95. With the latest update, the company has introduced some new changes that will fix the phenomenon of installation and deletion of modules, so users can easily manage them according to their requirements.
Along with this, the changelog also says to bring some fixes for the security-related functionalities, so if you are also having some issues while using any of the functions of Good Lock or want to get some performance enhancements, then you should go for the latest Good Lock update.
If you want to install the latest version of Good Lock, you can check its availability from the Galaxy Store. If it is available, tap on the update button, but if it isn’t available, you can also sideload the application through some external sources.
Google’s developers are releasing an update for its Android Auto app with great constancy. After providing stable version 11.8, there is a new beta ready to test.
Google released Android Auto 11.9 Beta Update
This new Android Auto 11.9 beta build landed online a few hours ago, allowing users to test its features before the public rollout begins.
The latest Android Auto 11.9 beta is ready to download for all users who have registered for it. However, the update rarely brings significant changes from the previous updates. The mMountainvViewgiant didn’t offer the changelogs for the Android Auto updates, so the only way to find out what’s new in version 11.9 is to install it on your device and look for changes.
In the previous Android Auto 11.8 update, the redesigned Settings menu began rolling out to users. Installing Android Auto 11.9 beta doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the new Settings interface today, but it is required once Google enables the server-side update on your device.
Keep in mind that Android Auto 11.9 is still in the beta stage. As a result, you may encounter bugs and issues after installing it. As a result, you might experience crashes or other issues while using this beta version.