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- Wear OS users can now access hotel rooms, campus IDs, and corporate badges with their watches.
- This new functionality is rolling out through a Google Play Services update to the Google Wallet app.
Wear OS has evolved into the platform of choice for some of the best smartwatches around. Although Wear OS is already feature-rich, there is always room for improvement and new features. One of the latest feature additions to the Wear OS platform isn’t coming through a platform update but rather through a Play Services update that brings more functionality to the Google Wallet app for Wear OS devices.
Google Play Services v24.47 brings an update to the Google Wallet app for Wear OS devices that expands the access cards you can use on wearables. Now, Google Wallet on Wear OS smartwatches supports hotel keys, campus IDs, and corporate badges, letting you use them without needing to pull your phone out.