Google Wallet Now Supports Digital ORCA Card Passes in Puget Sound [Video]

The Puget Sound’s regional transit card payment system, ORCA, has launched its first mobile payments feature. Riders with Android devices can now use the Google Wallet app (powered by Google Pay) to pay for trips with a digital pass. This comes about eight months since Google announced the planned feature for transit agencies across the globe. The app function also works with Wear OS devices.

To use the new payment option, Android users will need to download and install the Google Wallet app to a device equipped with near-field communication (NFC) capabilities and then go through the process to add ORCA on the app as a pass. The steps are relatively simple:

1. Open Google Wallet;
2. Select the “Add to Wallet” option;
3. Select the “Transit Pass” option; 
4. Search for and select “ORCA”; and
5. Create a mobile ORCA card.

Users creating an ORCA mobile …