Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 may not have Google Pay support just yet, but you can still set up Samsung Pay on it and you don’t need a Galaxy smartphone to use it. Which is a great feature to have if you like the watch but still want to make mobile payments without pulling out your phone. It’s easy enough to set up Samsung Pay on your Galaxy Watch 4 so you can have the freedom to choose between paying with your phone or watch.
But just in case you weren’t exactly sure where to start, we’ve set up this guide to walk you through the steps. First though, let’s go over a few benefits of using Samsung Pay on your Galaxy Watch 4.
Why set up Samsung Pay on your Galaxy Watch 4?
Paying for goods and services with the flick of a wrist
Setting up Samsung Pay on your Galaxy Watch 4 can be just as beneficial as setting up Google Pay on your phone. Primarily, the reason why you’d want to do such a thing is so you can easily tap the watch to the payment station at checkout when shopping, and then pay for your products. All without having to pull your phone out of your pocket.
It’s certainly a little more convenient. And it’s quicker since you can just slide your wrist over to the tap and pay reader. You do still have to set up a lock on the watch screen to use mobile payments. So you can sidestep that. But that just means more security for you in case you lose the watch and someone else gets a hold of it.
Accessing your loyalty and rewards cards
Just like the Samsung Pay app on Galaxy smartphones, you can use the Samsung Pay app on the Galaxy Watch 4 to access and use loyalty, rewards, and membership cards. Again, making it just a little quicker than having to pull out your phone to do the same thing.
Staying hands-free
Last but not least, using Samsung Pay on your Galaxy Watch 4, as opposed to on your Galaxy smartphone, or using Google Pay on your non-Galaxy smartphone, is that you can stay hands-free. Should you have other things in your hands when you’re at the checkout trying to pay, you can more easily use the Galaxy Watch 4 with Samsung Pay for the payment then having to either put things down or swap to holding everything in one hand to reach into your pocket and grab your phone. Now that’s a whole lot more convenient.
