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Google Wallet update lets you scan in your loyalty cards more easily

05
Feb
2014

Google Wallet has long let you store physical loyalty cards inside its app, but having to type in a long series of numbers likely discouraged people from adding them. An update that rolled out on iOS today (and on Android last week) uses your smartphones camera to take a picture of the barcode and then adds the loyalty card to your digital wallet. The app can also alert you via push notification when you pass by a store where you have enrolled in the loyalty program. But given how often people abandon their loyalty programs, it could also help people get the rewards they dreamed of getting when they first signed up for a card.

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