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Samsung Pay will now securely store your vaccination card
In partnership with the Commons Project Foundation
As more and more vaccines are distributed worldwide — and as more businesses require vaccination for entry — keeping proof of your vaccine history on you is essential. We've previously looked at ways to save the card on your phone, and Google Pay has slowly expanded support for virtual proof beginning with Australia. If you're using a Samsung phone, you won't have to wait much longer to store your own information digitally.
Google Pay gets Aussies ready for digital vaccine cards
Faster and more convenient vaccine verification
As more and more countries are starting to require vaccination certificates to enter restaurants, gyms, and other public venues, it's becoming increasingly critical for people to easily access their official proof of vaccination. One of the most convenient ways is obviously to digitalize it and save it on your mobile phone. To enable this, Google recently updated its Passes API, allowing government agencies to distribute vaccination cards digitally. Australians will be amongst the first to benefit from this offering, as they'll be able to store their vaccination certificates directly in Google Pay.
United Airlines is giving away free flights for uploading your vaccine records to its app
With a year's worth of travel offered as the grand prize
As more and more people become fully vaccinated, many are eager to return to some semblance of normal life. Travel is destined to be a big part of summer plans, as people make up for lost vacation time and head out to see loved ones for the first time in months. United Airlines is looking to make itself a part of those plans, offering anyone vaccinated a chance at winning a year's worth of free travel just for uploading your records to its app.
Google Assistant continues to mean well with socially relevant, utterly cringeworthy songs
I'll take it if you promise never to never sing again, Google
The Google Assistant team seems to enjoy coming up with little ditties that its AI voice helper can sing to you, whether it's about washing your hands, Halloween, New Year, or wearing a mask. This latest number is all about encouraging us to take the vaccine — an important topic, but it's not Google's best musical work, I must say.