UPI has made making payments, both small and large, easier and faster in India. But it has also made it a tad bit difficult to keep a track of finances. The smaller transactions that a lot of Indians make throughout a day usually stack up by the end of the month, which in turn make it difficult to decode our spendings and plan our saving better. To help Google Pay users manage their finances better, Google has launched a new feature in India called ‘Google Pay Ask’.
This new feature uses the company’s Gemini models to help users analyse their spendings patterns and get information that would in turn help them to manage their money better. Google says that users can chat with its newly launched feature to understand their spending patterns, get savings tips, explore tailored offers such as finding the right credit card for their travel expenses or luxury spends, and learn about various financial concepts like SIPs and credit scores using both text input or voice queries. They can also ask it to learn more about compounding interest on various assets differences between various tax regimes.
Once a user has shared their query, Ask Google Pay will use their transaction history and CIBIL report data to provide suggestions that are tailored to them. That said, Google notes that this is an opt-in feature and that users will have to turn on the ‘Personalization within Google Pay’ feature to use the new “Ask Google Pay’ feature. Both these features are turned off by default.
How to enable Personalisation feature in the Google Pay app?
Here’s a step-by-step guide for the same:
Step 1: Update the Google Pay app and open it.
Step 2: At the bottom right corner, click the ‘You’ button and then go to ‘Settings’.
Step 3: In the Settings go to ‘Privacy & Security’ and then tap the’ Data and personalisation’ option.
Step 4: Lastly, turn on the ‘Personalisation within Google Pay’ toggle button.
How to access ‘Ask Google Pay’ feature?
Here’s a step-by-step guide for the same:
Step 1: Enable the Personalisaton experience in the Google Pay app.
Step 2: At the bottom of the home screen, tap the ‘Money’ option.
Step 3: To start a chat with Ask Google Pay, under ‘Ask About your finances’, tap the ‘Ask a question’ button.
Google expands Flex by Google Pay
Lastly, Google has also announced that it is expanding its Flex by Google Pay feature. As a part of the update, it is bringing a new credit card experience to the Google Pay users in partnership with SBI. Google says with the new Google Pay Flex SBI Card, users can use the card on both RuPay and VISA payment networks, earn Stars that are instantly redeemable with every Flex transaction wherein 1 Star equals Re 1, and convert their latest outstanding credit card bill into convenient EMIs.
Additionally, the company said that all Flex card users will be eligible to get the Google AI Plus plan at a 50 percent discount for one year, while earning additional stars for their everyday purchases. They will also be able to get a discount across the entire range of Google Pixel smartphones.
For the unversed, Google launched Flex by Google Pay in December last year. It is a UPI-powered, digital, co-branded credit card. It offers instant rewards points, UPI-like credit card payments and flexible EMI plans to the users.
