Important: Google Wallet for kids is available in these countries:
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Colombia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Lebanon
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Philippines
- Poland
- Serbia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Trinidad and Tobago
- UK
- US
- US Virgin Islands
Where your child can pay contactless
When you help your children add payment cards to Google Wallet, they can pay contactless in shops with their phone or smartwatch.
Your child can pay contactless in shops wherever you find the contactless or Google Pay symbols. These symbols are located on the payment terminal screen or the cash register at the checkout.
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Tip: Your child won't be able to check out online or in-app with Google Pay or across Google until they manage their Google Account on their own. Learn more about what happens when your child reaches the age of majority.
Set up contactless payments
For your child to pay contactless, they must have:
- A supervised Google Account. Learn more about supervised accounts.
- An NFC-enabled Android device or tethered Wear OS watch.
- Fitbit devices aren't supported.
- A payment method added to their Google Wallet. Learn how to add a payment card to your child's Google Wallet.
- Google Wallet set as their default payment app.
- Screen lock set up on their phone.
Tip: For an easier setup, it's recommended to have the Google Wallet app installed on your child's phone first before you add a payment method.
Screen lock on Wallet for children
Important: If your child removes screen lock on their device, their payment cards are automatically removed from their Google Wallet on that device and will need to be added again.
For your child to use their phone or smartwatch to make payments, screen lock is required.
Your child will be asked to use their screen lock authentication method to verify each transaction when they make contactless payments in physical shops.
Your child can verify that it's them in Google Wallet in different ways, such as:
- Device PIN
- Pattern
- Password
- Class 3 biometric unlock
Tip: Google Wallet doesn't work with Class 1 or Class 2 biometric unlocks or screen locks like Smart Unlock or Knock to Unlock.
How your child can pay contactless
Important: You can receive an email notification if your child's payment is successful, but you won't receive an email if the transaction fails. Learn more about how to check your child's transactions.
Pay with phone- Wake and unlock the phone. Opening the Google Wallet app is not required.
- Tips:
- For users with a Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro, Face Unlock is currently not supported for contactless transactions.
- To use pay contactless on Pixel Fold or another foldable device, fold the device.
- Tips:
- Hold the back of the phone to the payment reader.
- Tip: Your child may be asked to verify their payment with the phone's screen lock. This could be a PIN, a pattern, a password or fingerprint biometrics.
- If the payment is successful, a blue tick will appear on the screen.
Tips:
- If there are any issues, learn how to fix problems with contactless payments for children.
- If the card continues not to work, try to pay with a different card and change the default payment method.
- On their smartwatch, open the Google Wallet app.
- Hold the watch over the contactless payment reader.
- Wait until you hear a sound or feel vibration from the smartwatch.
Fix common issues
The blue tick didn't appear on the phone screen- Try to hold the phone in a different way. The NFC antenna could be near the top or bottom of the device.
- Hold the phone closer to the payment reader.
- Hold the phone to the payment reader for a few extra seconds.
- Double-check if the shop accepts mobile payments.
- Contact the bank. There may be an issue with the card and the bank may have declined the transaction. If the transaction is declined, the charge will not go through.