Acceptability Tez was accepted by
PVR Cinemas,
redBus,
McDonald's,
ACT Broadband, State government Electricity boards and was expected to be joined by a number of other businesses like
Dish TV,
Jet Airways and
Domino's,
Vodafone Idea,
Swiggy,
Zomato,
Uber,
Ola,
Clubfactory,
Zappfresh,
Amazon,
Flipkart and many more businesses. Google was also working with existing advertisers and online e-commerce platforms like
Shopify and payment aggregators like
BillDesk and
PayU. Google planned to add even more ways to pay on Tez (e.g., credit cards and wallets). Select phones from manufacturer partners
Lava,
Nokia Mobile, and
Panasonic would have come with Tez preinstalled.
Device compatibility The app was compatible with the vast majority of
Android and
iOS devices.
Technology The application did not require users to share any personal information such as mobile numbers or usernames like other payment applications. Instead, it used audio QR codes that relied on sound transmitted at a frequency inaudible to the human ear from the payee handset to the merchant handset. This technology does away with the need for
NFC chips on the handsets, which gave it an advantage since a significant number of smartphones in India and other developing markets do not have NFC chips embedded. == References ==