If you want to send money to friends or family but can't find them on the new Google Pay app, follow these steps.
Search for someone in your contacts with their name, phone number, or email. If you can’t find them, you should:
- Make sure they downloaded the new Google Pay app.
- Check that they have a United States (US) or India (IN) phone number.
- Ask them to turn on the “Help friends find and pay you” setting, if they haven't.
Help friends find & pay you
- Open the new Google Pay app
.
- At the top right of the Pay homepage
, tap your profile picture
or initial.
- Tap Settings
Privacy and Security
How people find you on Google Pay.
- Turn on Help friends find and pay you.