My card number and security code have been blurred out. In the example, I have Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, and Starbucks added. As previously mentioned, they appear just beneath your primary payment cards in the vertical list as shown below. Tap “Add to Wallet” to finalize The Final ResultĪlright, that’s that! Let’s go back to the homescreen of Google Wallet and see your gift cards. Enter the card number, PIN, card balance, and your notesĦ. Tap “+ Add to Wallet” at the bottom rightĥ. Open the Google Wallet app on your phoneĢ. Lastly, the blue “Add to Wallet” button will finalize your choices, and the gift card itself will appear just under your primary debit or credit card in the vertical list!ġ. The very next screen will let you enter the card’s 16-digit number, the PIN code (also found on the back), the balance you wrote in permanent marker as previously discussed, and any notes you may want to include about it.

Go ahead and choose the brand of the gift card you’re holding or use the search bar at the top of the screen. Things like Target, Amazon, Panera Bread, Walmart, Starbucks, and so on. Then, a long list of card providers will populate the screen. Now, tap the “+ Add to Wallet” button at the bottom right of the screen and choose “Gift card”. It’s time to open the Google Wallet app on your Android device.

This may defeat the purpose of digitizing them in some ways, but you still won’t need to reach for your wallet in most instances, and over time, you will no longer need to keep them physically handy. If for some reason the provider doesn’t scan gift cards or decides they won’t accept a digital version, you’ll still have all of your bases covered. Until you get comfortable with checking out on the go with Google Wallet, you may want to keep these in your physical wallet. Take a sharpie marker and write the allocated amount per card on the back, but be sure you don’t cover the bar code.

Google wallet app