What you need to know
The Bay Area s Clipper Card arrives on Google Pay for easy transit payments.
Clipper Cards can be transferred from a plastic card to the app and easily reloaded.
Google Pay is also introducing new viewable transit passes.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced on Wednesday that Bay Area residents with Android smartphones are now able to use Google Pay to access their Clipper card and pay for transit.
Residents in the Bay Area will be able to transfer their existing Clipper cards to their smartphones using the new Clipper app that was also launched for Android. After launching the app and selecting the option to Convert Clipper to Your Phone, users will just have to hold the card against their smartphone for it to transfer. From there, the card can be added to Google Pay for easy access.