David Nield says, “The battle for the mobile payment market can begin in earnest now: On Thursday, Google announced the official launch of Android Pay in the U.S. for later this month.

Similar to Apple Pay, Android Pay will allows users to pay for goods and services with a tap of their smartphone in stores—assuming that the device supports Near Field Communication (NFC) short-range wireless technology and runs Android 4.4 KitKat or above. (The terminal itself must also support Android Pay and NFC.)

However, the component of Android Pay of most interest to developers—the ability to make in-app purchases—is still missing. Google says the feature is coming “later this year” but isn’t being any more specific than that“.

Google Launches Android Pay, But In-App Purchases Still On Hold

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