The company today announced Samsung Wallet, which will combine Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass into one all-inclusive app.
Samsung Wallet will hold your virtual cards, with which you might tap to pay at NFC-enabled payment terminals.
Itll also let you present your boarding passes and loyalty cards.
Samsung Pay is soon to become Samsung Wallet.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Support for identification cards, including drivers licenses and student IDs, is coming later this year.
The company haspartneredwith nine home security companies for digital home keys, including August, Kwikset, and Schlage.
you’re free to whip out your smartphone to unlock the door when you approach your house.
However, there is little about how the ability will work in the initial press release.
Lastly, Samsung Wallet will support digital car keys, just as Google and Apple do.
Select BMW, Genesis, and Hyundai models will have the functionality.
Youll be able to lock and unlock a car with Samsung Wallet and even start the engine remotely.
Were living in the future, people!
(Or is it Google Pay?)
Thats because its about the ecosystem, baby.
In its press release, Samsung says it plans to expand on its wallet apps offerings in the future.
The standalone versions of Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass will not be usable once you upgrade to Samsung Wallet.
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