Google has been trying to push its mobile and online payment options over the past couple of years, but still hasn't implemented a universal payment mechanism for Android users. However, that could be about to change this year, as sources are suggesting that Google will announce a new payment API, named Android Pay, at its I/O conference in May.
After the hype created by Apple by launching the Apple Pay along with their flagship iPhone 6 and the Plus version, Google was surely convinced that such a payment method would succeed in the market and it wasn't a gamble.
Interestingly, the source states that Android Pay and Google Wallet APIs will continue to co-exist side by side, but that Wallet will be supported by Android Pay. Google Wallet’s existing “Instant Buy API”, for example, already allows for app developers to implement a “Buy with Google” button, but this could be integrated to receive payments from both of Google’s services.
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