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TL;DR
- Google is rolling out Nearby Pass, which shows a notification when you’re near a transit station or event venue.
- The notification lets you access the pass directly without having to screen for the right card.
- Google is also expanding support for multiple similar cards through the same app.
Google Wallet is much more than a payments app. It lets you neatly organize multiple different payments and membership cards, transit passes, event tickets, and much more. With a recent update, Google Wallet is gaining additional features to enhance your experience.
For starters, Google is rolling out Nearby Pass geofence notifications in Wallet, first announced at Google I/O 2025. This feature notifies users when they’re close to any location where one of their passes stored in Google Wallet could come in handy. For instance, these could be loyalty cards or vouchers for a retail store, a transit pass for the subway, the entry ticket to a concert, or something else.