's takeaways

• Google adds new features to give you more ways to pay online.
• See reward details for 100+ cards to find your best option.
• More "buy now, pay later" options, including Affirm and more.

The next time you check out online with Chrome or Google Wallet, you might notice things look a little different. Google has announced several upgrades, each one designed to give you more flexibility and convenience when you shop online.

1. Support for more 'buy now, pay later' services

Google Pay is expanding popular pay-over-time options, the company says, letting you choose to use services like Affirm and Zip through Chrome in a few clicks. Google adds that support for Klarna, Afterpay, and other services is coming soon.

2. More credit card reward info

Utilized properly, credit card rewards can be a great way to save money. You'll now see reward details for more than 100 cards automatically in autofill on Chrome when you check out, helping you decide which card gets you the best deal.

3. Easier international transfers

Google is also helping make international money transfers a little easier by showing straightforward exchange rates and transfer fees for popular services like Ria, Xe, and Wise in Google Wallet. In addition, you can use these services in Wallet to send money from the US to India, Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines (Google says that more countries are on the way). 

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You'll soon be able to access this feature throughWallet online by searching for any currency exchange rate.

Availabilty

If you're not using Google Wallet, the company has put quite a bit of effort into improving it recently. 's Jack Wallen took a look last month at four ways Wallet can make your life easier and more organized, but he didn't hit on all the benefits. Wallet can hold your official digital ID in several states, hold your US passport in a few airports, hold your concert and sporting event tickets, your mass transit passes, and more.

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It is a payment platform at its core, though, so it's nice to see Google make the payment side of Wallet a little better. These new features should be available now.

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