Google Wallet is one of the apps that the tech giant has given the most love to in recent months with some very striking new options. Now one comes out that does The cell phone becomes the key to the hotel room. A very interesting proposal which will avoid certain inconveniences.
The long waits for registration in the hotel or the room isn’t ready can be avoided with this convenient Google Wallet experience debuting for the first time in a hotel in Europe.
The new Google Wallet update continues Google’s goal of replacing the physical wallet with its cards or the same keys, and one of the objectives is to support those of the hotel. And once registered on the Android mobile, Google Wallet allows you to use the card securely to enter the hotel room, the guest room or in certain common areas like the gym, the spa or the elevators themselves.
The first hotel to support Google Wallet
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The configuration is similar to that produced with plane tickets– Click the Add to Google Wallet button on the received website, email or app, and the reservation details will be transferred to the Google app while you check into the hotel and assign a room to activate the corresponding room key or card. .
The best thing about the experience offered by Google Wallet is that user can add the card to Google Wallet before a room is allocated, it should therefore only be examined once the concierge has indicated that the card would be available to enter the accommodation.
To enter the room, simply turn on the screen to unlock the mobile and thus pass the rear part with the NFC near the lock; just as is done during a mobile payment. One final action on mobile is required to open the door and click on the pop-up menu at the top of Google Wallet.
He first hotel to add Google Wallet support The Clarion Hotel Post is located in Gotherburg, Sweden, so if you’re visiting these days, to escape the heat that’s starting to bite on the peninsula, the mobile app will come in very handy. An experience already seen with Apple Wallet at the end of 2021 on iPhone and Watch according to 9to5Google.
