Uber and Android Pay - confused

Emily1975

I got a notification in my Uber app that they are doing a promotion until 31 January 2017 where you get 50% off rides (up to £5 discount) if you pay by Android Pay.

Sounds great - except I can't see how you actually pay via Android Pay. There's nowhere (that I know of) to tap your phone when making a journey. When I click through the link in the app, it just goes to the normal adding card payment screen and any cards I add just get added to my normal card payment list in the app. Nothing to indicate they are "Android Pay".

I even started to book a ride (not following through) and there was no button to pay via android pay.

Must be missing something obvious, but can any of you smart folk enlighten me?

agrinnall

I've never used Uber (rarely use any sort of taxi) but I found this:

"Finally, Uber users can now pay for their rides using the newly integrated Android Pay button. As an added bonus, Android Pay users will get 50% off their next ten rides, starting later this week."

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/there-s-very-good-reason-to-adopt-android-pay-this-christmas

Emily1975

Thanks - I can't see any such "integrated button" but will give it another 24 hours in case they are still rolling it out.

20aday

I assume you've an Android phone with NFC and are running Kit Kat 4.4 (or later) and your Uber app is up to date?