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{{short description|digital payments application for Indians}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Tez (Google Pay)
| logo = Tez app icon.png
| logo size = 150px
| screenshot =
| screenshot size = 250px
| caption = Homepage of Tez as on 06 Oct, 2017
| developer = [[Google]]
| released = {{start date and age|2017|08|17}}
| operating system =
| platform = [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = hide
}}

'''Tez''' was a [[mobile payments]] service by [[Google]], targeted at users in [[India]],<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Introducing Tez—a mobile payments and commerce app from Google, made for India first|url=https://www.blog.google/topics/google-asia/introducing-tez/|access-date=18 September 2017|work=Google Blog|date=18 September 2017}}</ref> later folded into the new [[Google Pay]] app on August 28, 2018.<ref name="tez-is-now-pay">{{cite web |url=https://india.googleblog.com/2018/08/google-pay-next-step-in-tez-journey.html |title=Google Pay — the next step in the Tez journey |date=August 28, 2018 |author=Caesar Sengupta GM |website=Google India Blog }}</ref> It operated atop the [[Unified Payments Interface]], developed by the [[National Payments Corporation of India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Introducing Tez, a mobile payments and commerce app from Google|url=https://india.googleblog.com/2017/09/introducing-tez-mobile-payments-and.html|access-date=18 September 2017|work=Google India|date=18 September 2017}}</ref> It can be used where UPI payments are accepted. Tez worked on the vast majority of India's smartphones (with apps for both [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]]) with the Android app supporting [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kannada]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], and [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref name=":0" /> There were plans to release the app in other emerging countries including Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web| url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/18/16325004/tez-google-india-audio-qr-cash-payments|title=Google's new payment app for India uses sound to transfer money|last=Ong|first=Thuy|date=September 18, 2017|website=The Verge}}</ref> "Tez" is the Hindi word for "Fast". Within 37 days after being launched, Tez got about 8.5 million installations. Over 30 million transactions were made on the app as of October 27, 2017.

==Service==
===Acceptability===
Tez is currently accepted by [[PVR Cinemas]], [[Ibibo#redbus.in|redBus]], [[McDonald's]], [[ACT Broadband]], State government Electricity boards and is expected to be joined by a number of other businesses like [[Dish TV]], [[Jet Airways]] and [[Domino's Pizza|Domino's]], Vi(Voda-idea), Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Ola, Clubfactory, Zappfresh, Amazon, Flipkart and many more businesses. Google is also working with existing advertisers and online e-commerce platforms like [[Shopify]] and payment aggregators like [[BillDesk]] and [[PayU]]. Google also plans to add even more ways to pay on Tez (e.g., credit cards and wallets). Select phones from manufacturer partners [[Lava International|Lava]], [[Nokia Mobile]], and [[Panasonic]] will come in with Tez preinstalled.<ref name=":0" />

===Device compatibility===
The app is compatible with the vast majority of [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] devices.

===Technology===
The application does not require users to share any personal information such as mobile numbers or usernames like other payment applications. Instead, it uses audio QR codes<ref name=":1" /> that rely on sound transmitted at a frequency inaudible to the human ear from the payee handset to the merchant handset. This technology does away with the need for [[Near field communication|NFC]] chips on the handsets, giving it an advantage because a significant number of smartphones in India and other developing markets do not have NFC chips embedded.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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{{Android}}

{{Banking in India}}
{{Mobile payments}}
{{Payment service providers}}

[[Category:Discontinued Google services]]
[[Category:Payment and settlement systems in India]]
[[Category:Android (operating system) software]]
[[Category:Mobile payments]]

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