Now you can use Android Pay with your favorite apps

Going head-to-head with Apple Pay, Android Pay turns your Android into your credit card and does so in a much more secure and easier way than existing banking apps do. Android Pay is already accepted at over one million locations, but Google is only just getting started.

The company is hoping to build off its momentum-and reach parity with Apple Pay-by extending Android Pay support from physical stores to apps as well.

Google’s mobile payments service Android Pay was launched earlier this year in the fall, at that time it was not possible to use the payments service for in-app purchases, but that functionality has finally been added to the service today.

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You can now use Android Pay to pay for your Lyft ride.

Google hasn’t said how many of its software partners will support Android Pay in their apps.

Google Wallet, the precursor to Android Pay, is widely thought to have failed due to a similar onerous security process. At launch in Australia Android pay will support MasterCard and Visa Credit and debit cards, with work continuing to enable eftpos (or standard debit cards) in the app.

Android Pay, however, will not require a PIN to be entered to make a payment.

Apple recently announced a partnership with American Express to bring Apple Pay to Australia, but has not yet managed to get any of the country’s banks to sign up to the service. The same tokenized transaction security of a standard NFC Android Pay purchase applies to the in-app payments. Whether you develop an app for Android, iOS or both platforms, your reach will keep expanding on a daily basis.

There are a couple of caveats however, and the biggest is that you do need to make a purchase using Android Pay with a Nexus device.

In its recent announcement, Google had told users to find the new version of the Google Wallet app on Google Play or in the App Store.