Google is apparently offering a new product that is strictly for merchants in India. The company’s Google Pay brand is introducing a Soundpod device that is similar to the ones offered by other brands like Paytm and PhonePe.
For those unaware, Google Pay, Paytm, and PhonePe are popular UPI payment apps in India. Apart from the Search Engine giant, the two other firms offered a Soundpod to merchant that helped offer audio feedback of payments being received on their accounts. Now, it appears that Google Pay is also working on such a device that features an in built speaker as well as an LCD panel to notify users that payments have been successful.
This device will support different languages as well. As of right now, the company has reportedly offered this gadget to a select group of merchants at no extra cost. In other words, the device is still being tested in a small scale, with merchants getting the new soundboxes for free. Alternative platforms like Paytm, PhonePe, and BharatPe already offer such devices, so it is no surprise that Google Pay is also working on its own version of this soundpod.
As per sources close to the matter, Google has already started distributing the new devices across sellers in North India, including the capital region of New Delhi. Apart from just offering audio announcement for successful payments, the LCD panel will display the payment amount, battery, network status, and manual controls.
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