{"id":255523,"date":"2026-05-26T04:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/google-wallets-new-design-has-users-deeply-divided\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:35:10","slug":"google-wallets-new-design-has-users-deeply-divided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/google-wallets-new-design-has-users-deeply-divided\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Wallet&#8217;s new design has users deeply divided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-wallet-redesign-users-divided-3670879\/\">Google Wallet&#8217;s new design has users deeply divided<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-wallet-redesign-users-divided-3670879\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-wallet-redesign-users-divided-3670879\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 04:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Wallet\u2019s new UI continues to roll out, and user opinions are divided.<\/li>\n<li>While some appreciate the new UI, others are upset that it hides their passes, requires extra taps to access options, and shrinks logos.<\/li>\n<li>The rollout of the new design has also been slow, leaving several users wondering when they\u2019ll get the update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google Wallet\u2019s updated UI began rolling out last month. While Joe Maring from our team absolutely loved the new UI, barring a few minor gripes, it seems the new design isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s cup of tea.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"e_Nt\">Do you like the updated Google Wallet interface?<\/h3>\n<p>1439 votes<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I love it.<\/p>\n<p>57%<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m indifferent.<\/p>\n<p>26%<\/p>\n<p>No, I&#8217;m not a fan.<\/p>\n<p>17%<\/p>\n<p>Users on Reddit are discussing the new UI and are listing several points of contention. Some are saying that the new layout completely messes up the order of their loyalty cards. They are now seeing random cards instead of the ones they used most frequently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The new Wallet UI also removes the list of all passes from the home screen and replaces the full-width passes with a two-column design. It only shows the passes that you have starred.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, viewing all your passes now requires two extra taps. First, on the \u201cView More\u201d option on the home screen, and then on the \u201cView more passes\u201d option. While some users are happy with this new system, saying<span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px\"> it lets them find passes quickly,\u00a0others are upset about the extra steps required<\/span>\u00a0to view all passes.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_mg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"google wallet old and new ui comparison\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-1000w-562h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-1920w-1080h.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-1536w-864h.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-1280w-720h.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"Two Pixels running Google Wallet, one with the old UI and one with the new UI.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-old-and-new-ui-comparison-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Old Google Wallet UI (left) and the new Google Wallet UI.<\/p>\n<p>Users have noticed that pass logos have become smaller, making some of them difficult to read and recognize.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue that users are pointing out is with the search bar. The new UI includes a search option that lets you look up your transactions. That sounds great, but since the option isn\u2019t available on the home screen, it might not have been the best UX decision on the company\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-wallet-redesign-users-divided-3670879\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Wallet&#8217;s new design has users deeply divided https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-wallet-redesign-users-divided-3670879\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-26 04:26:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-wallet-2026-redesign-new-passes-hero-2-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-255523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255527,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255523\/revisions\/255527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}