Google Wallet users will be pleased to learn that they can now charge their hotel room key directly to the app.
Good news for travelers who sleep athôtel, Google Wallet can now replace the key of your bedroom. Enough to considerably reduce the risk of getting stuck in front of the door.
Google Wallet makes it easier to get to your hotel room
Since Google Wallet replaced Google Pay in 2022, the application has continued to evolve, becoming a real Swiss army knife that allows you to store different titles. Whether to pay, use a loyalty card, a transport ticket or present a plane ticket, the application has become essential for those who want to centralize everything on their smartphone. Today, Google Wallet adds hotel keys to this mix. Here’s how Google’s support page presents the new feature:
“In Google Wallet, you can securely use your hotel keys to access your keycard-protected hotels, rooms, and common areas, like gyms, pools, and elevators, for the duration of your stay. stay. »
Adding a hotel key works similarly to other cards. You simply have to click on the “Add to Google Wallet” button found on the website, application or email of the hotel in question. Important clarification: the deployment will be gradual and not all hotel chains offer this option (yet). The first hotel to support it is the Clarion Hotel post in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company plans to deploy the feature in its more than 90 hotels.
Google specifies that “you must check in and be assigned to a room to activate your hotel key. To check in, use the app, kiosk or hotel reception. ». While it may be necessary to unlock your smartphone to unlock your hotel room door using Google Wallet, some establishments allow you to do so without.
Apple Wallet has offered a similar functionality for the iPhone and Watch since the end of 2021. The risk of losing your smartphone is indeed less significant, those who have already misplaced their room card will appreciate this “small” additional functionality of Google Wallet .
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