![]() Of 50,000 Google Play reviews, a total of 7,135 (14.4%) are one-star reviews - which typically use phrases like “doesn’t work” - and 1,699 (3.4%) are two-star reviews, using phrases like “not finished” or “refuses to work after update”. Downloaded - but who’s using?īut of 20m downloads, how many might be active? Once again, Google hasn’t released any information. ![]() However, sources with authoriative sources at the company indicated that it is “not far away from the truth” and that 20m is viewed there as “actually a good number”. Google declined to comment on the Guardian estimate. Although it comes preinstalled on the Nexus line of phones, those have had comparatively low sales - in the single-digit millions in the US - suggesting 20m as the maximum number in use. That suggests that there have been fewer than 20m downloads of Google Wallet. By September 2014, they would be below 20m. Google Wallet downloads can be estimated by a straight-line graph fitted to its download milestones recorded in the Internet Archive. Download milestones recorded on the Internet Archive show that it passed 1m in August 2012, 5m download by March 2013 and passed 10m downloads between 4 October and 9 October 2013.īased on that data, the growth in downloads fits a straight-line extrapolation, which yields this graph: However, based on download figures on the Google Play store, the total installed base is less than 20m. The current number of downloads shows as between 10m and 50m - offering a wide margin for error. (It is region-controlled, and so cannot be installed on devices outside the US.) Google declined to give the number of downloads of Google Wallet, which is available as a download from Google Play. It is still limited to the US, with no signs of being extended beyond those shores.īut the introduction of Apple Pay with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus has renewed interest in NFC-based payment systems.Īnd with more than 10m NFC-enabled iPhones having been sold and distributed worldwide, of which perhaps half have gone to the US, the question is: how effectively will Apple Pay compete with Google Wallet? Figuring the numbers The first partner was Citi Mastercard - but since then, Google Wallet has barely made any progress.
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