Google Wallet gains support for overseas QR payments

With the release of the latest version of Google Play Services, Google Wallet has gained support for « Traveler QR ». This will let you pay with QR codes when you’re traveling. That’s a huge help in some countries which don’t have a lot of contactless payment infrastructure.

When you get this feature, if you head to the Wallet app’s settings, you should see the « Overseas QR payments » option as it appears in the screenshots below.

Overseas QR payments in the Google Wallet settings

Google Wallet uses the Alipay+ network, which boasts about working in over 210 markets worldwide,…