{"id":59982,"date":"2025-08-11T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59982\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:40:04","slug":"google-wallet-now-wants-your-location-before-itll-show-receipts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59982\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Wallet now wants your location before it\u2019ll show receipts"},"content":{"rendered":"

What you need to knowGoogle Wallet now requires location permission on Android to show maps and addresses on your payment receipts.Before late July, store details and maps appeared automatically on receipts.Now, that\u2019s off by default, and you have to enable \u201cPrecise location\u201d in the app to bring them back.If a receipt doesn\u2019t show the map, you\u2019ll see a prompt encouraging you to set up location access for future transactions.<\/p>\n

Location permission is now required for Google Wallet<\/a> to display maps and addresses on receipts.<\/p>\n

9to5Google<\/a> reports that Google Wallet<\/a> on Android now asks for location access if you want receipts that include store addresses and maps.<\/p>\n

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Until late July, Google Wallet receipts showed store details and a map without any extra steps. Now, that\u2019s turned off by default, and you have to switch on \u201cPrecise location\u201d in the app to see them again, as per the outlet.<\/p>\n

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If a transaction is missing the map card, you\u2019ll see a message saying: “Get detailed receipts, like merchant name and address, for future tap to pay transactions.”<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: 9to5Google)No retroactive updates<\/p>\n

Switching this option on won\u2019t update past transactions with maps or addresses since it only kicks in for new payments going forward.<\/p>\n

To get started, open a recent receipt in Google Wallet. You\u2019ll be prompted to “Set up location settings,” which will guide you through enabling “Precise location” for the app.<\/p>\n

9to5 notes that no new features have been added to Google Wallet receipts; the change simply requires location permission for the existing map and address details to be displayed.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s helpful that Google prompts for location permission rather than enabling it behind the scenes. Without that, many users could be confused about missing maps without any explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to knowGoogle Wallet now requires location permission on Android to show maps and addresses on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-59982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}