

"I suspect this is an error, so that money is just gonna sit in my account for now lol." That's where I'm seeing this," Rahman tweeted. "Open GPay, swipe to the 'Deals' tab, and see if you have any 'rewards' near the top. He got $46 in "rewards" from the app, while someone else got six rewards of almost $100 each. Confused (and a tad happy), some looked to Twitter for answers, while others aired their experiences on the /r/googlepay/ Reddit page.įreelance journalist Mishaal Rahman was one of the many recipients of free money. That being said, Apana’s comments seem to suggest that this might not necessarily be a feature that will be available anytime soon, so don’t get your hopes up too much just yet.Days ago, several Google Pay users in the US received some unexpected cashback from Google, congratulating them "for dogfooding the Google Pay Remittance experience".


It’s actually a pretty cool idea if it were ever to be implemented and it could drive users to adopt Google Pay as their primary mobile payments provider instead of others. This means that when you’re checking out a product and are about to pay with Google Pay, the app could suggest a card to use that might be able to reap you the most rewards, whether it be a reward that takes advantage of a current promotion that will knock the price off the product, or one that will get you the most miles, and so on. “In the future, we will look to provide even more helpful information about the card benefits such as points, cashback, and purchase predictions, so our users can make the best choice when they are checking out.”

During I/O 2022, Google Pay product lead Rajiv Apana made a comment that seemed to suggest that one day, Google Pay could be smart enough where it could recommend users which cards to use if they want to get the best rewards possible.
