Barclaycard VISA on google pay still no solution since 2018

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Olinda99 said:

no the problem is not with curve - it's with the curve / Google pay interface which is why I suggested trying samsung pay

No, it's Curve that is the problem - I know this from personal experience as their random flakiness was the reason I ditched them. I very rarely have a problem with Google Pay/Wallet itself. 

Olinda99

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Olinda99 said:

no the problem is not with curve - it's with the curve / Google pay interface which is why I suggested trying samsung pay

No, it's Curve that is the problem - I know this from personal experience as their random flakiness was the reason I ditched them. I very rarely have a problem with Google Pay/Wallet itself. 

Incorrect. In their opening post the OP  said that using Curve - Google wallet "has become flaky recently"

I am simply informing the OP that I have no such problems with Curve - Samsung wallet

mrg9999

SuperAllyB said:

It's definitely frustrating that they have never got this sorted, just is it really such a hardship to carry the physical card?

Benefits of using a phone/watch - it can be locked and the payment "card" frozen when not in use.

A physical card can be lost, stolen, details "shoulder surfed", physically removed; used fraudulently and replaced and is IMO a much riskier device these days.
I've used my phone/watch exclusively since January 2023 and haven't had a single problem re fraud.

BoGoF

I've used my phone/watch exclusively since January 2023 and haven't had a single problem re fraud.

I've used cards since tbe 80's and haven't had a single problem re fraud. Not to say I don't use phone these days but think you are over doing tbe card 'risk'

jbrassy

Sounds like a real 1st World Problem, but you do have several options:
1 - buy an iPhone and use your Barclaycard on Apple Pay. I find your comment that iPhones are 'childlike' bizarre.
2 - get a different credit card that can be used with Google Wallet.
3 - carry the physical Barclaycard with you.

WillPS

jbrassy said:

Sounds like a real 1st World Problem, but you do have several options:
1 - buy an iPhone and use your Barclaycard on Apple Pay. I find your comment that iPhones are 'childlike' bizarre.
2 - get a different credit card that can be used with Google Wallet.
3 - carry the physical Barclaycard with you.

4 - just wait it out, Google Pay is clearly on the way just Barclays taking their sweet time with rolling it out to credit cards.

I value a 0.66% effective reward fee-free Mastercard sufficiently that the lack of Google Pay support is not a problem, personally.

400ixl

Is there anything special you get from the Barclaycard that you can't get from another card? If not, I'd ditch it and go elsewhere. Its a one off event and then done with. No need for the Curve card then either and you are in a much simpler position.

Might even be another card does offer what you need.

WillPS

400ixl said:

Is there anything special you get from the Barclaycard that you can't get from another card? If not, I'd ditch it and go elsewhere. Its a one off event and then done with. No need for the Curve card then either and you are in a much simpler position.

Might even be another card does offer what you need.

I don't know of a fee-free Visa/Mastercard with a better 'everywhere' reward rate than their Avios card. I also don't know of a reward card with 0 FX internationally other than the Barclaycard Reward product.

Like it or not they are unfortunately the market leader, particularly in those 2 categories.

Nasqueron

jbrassy said:

Sounds like a real 1st World Problem, but you do have several options:
1 - buy an iPhone and use your Barclaycard on Apple Pay. I find your comment that iPhones are 'childlike' bizarre.
2 - get a different credit card that can be used with Google Wallet.
3 - carry the physical Barclaycard with you.

iPhones are locked down (especially payments wise) and can be seen as quite simple to use, however, I find the vast majority who want to go on about Android being more open to jailbreaking etc never do any of that so it's a bit OTT. I don't like Apple as they're overpriced and there are things I like more on Android, plus in years past, Apple was years behind the latest stuff on Android but now it's much of a muchness, I have a work iPhone and it does what it needs to without problems 

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mrg9999 said:

SuperAllyB said:

It's definitely frustrating that they have never got this sorted, just is it really such a hardship to carry the physical card?

Benefits of using a phone/watch - it can be locked and the payment "card" frozen when not in use.

A physical card can be lost, stolen, details "shoulder surfed", physically removed; used fraudulently and replaced and is IMO a much riskier device these days.
I've used my phone/watch exclusively since January 2023 and haven't had a single problem re fraud.

Your card won't run out of battery, nor will the software or the device have a chance of flaking out. Agree with the point that it's very unlikely to be defrauded these days - the cards don't leave the cardholder's posession as they're tapped/inserted into the card terminal.

In any case this sounds like a commercial decision for Barclays as they've never supported Google pay, unless it was through their own in-app kludge. A bit like why they don't accepted contactless payment in Walmart in the U.S. -  to try and foist their own rubbish solution (Walmart pay) onto you, for their own benefit!