Google Wallet Gift Cards

**royalpig180** · 02-05-2013, 03:23 PM

Google Wallet help says I should be able to add gift cards to my app on my nexus 4, but in the app, i see no button to do so. It says it should be on the home screen of the app, but i can't find it there. Anyone have any insight on this? thanks.

**Patrick Schroedl** · 02-05-2013, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by royalpig180

Google Wallet help says I should be able to add gift cards to my app on my nexus 4, but in the app, i see no button to do so. It says it should be on the home screen of the app, but i can't find it there. Anyone have any insight on this? thanks.

You're right, it looks like the option has been removed with the recent Wallet application update. On the main Wallet screen, it should show you your Funding Method, which is the currently-selected card. I'll include a shot of it below. Tap on that, and you'll see a horizontally-scrolling view of the cards you've added. To the left of your cards is a placeholder card used to add more cards. To the right used to be a placeholder card used to add gift cards.

**royalpig180** · 02-06-2013, 08:07 AM

Interesting... Thanks for the insight. I'm hoping they add that feature back in soon, but somehow I doubt it.

**still1** · 02-06-2013, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by royalpig180

Interesting... Thanks for the insight. I'm hoping they add that feature back in soon, but somehow I doubt it.

I think now you have to add the gift card as normal card and it will identify it as gift or rewards card.

go here and click the first picture it shows the gift and reward card.

**royalpig180** · 02-06-2013, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by still1

I think now you have to add the gift card as normal card and it will identify it as gift or rewards card.

go here and click the first picture it shows the gift and reward card.

Hmm no I don't think that's how you do it, and those buttons just don't show up in the most recent version of wallet, apparently.

**still1** · 02-06-2013, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by royalpig180

Hmm no I don't think that's how you do it, and those buttons just don't show up in the most recent version of wallet, apparently.

that picture you see with gift card is the latest because before that update it looked different.
it was updated jan 28 with this new UI shown in picture Google Wallet updated with new UI, performance improvements | Android Central

**royalpig180** · 02-06-2013, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by still1

that picture you see with gift card is the latest because before that update it looked different.
it was updated jan 28 with this new UI shown in picture Google Wallet updated with new UI, performance improvements | Android Central

Here's what I see on the home screen of my wallet app. The wallet app is v1.6-r96-v13 and i'm running OS 4.2.1

**still1** · 02-06-2013, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by royalpig180

Here's what I see on the home screen of my wallet app. The wallet app is v1.6-r96-v13 and i'm running OS 4.2.1

if you swipe from left to right you will option to add a card. do you see the partial card on left??
and add your gift card as normal card.

**royalpig180** · 02-06-2013, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by still1

if you swipe from left to right you will option to add a card. do you see the partial card on left??
and add your gift card as normal card.

I tried that. It wants the billing information (address, name, etc.) for it as a credit card, and it won't let me enter it. It's just for debit/credit cards.