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Samsung Pay Introduces Support For Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
The feature is currently available only in the United States.
In 2021, digital COVID-19 vaccination cards have become reality for many people around the world who decided to take the vaccine in order to better protect themselves and their loved ones from the deadly infectious disease that brought the world to a stand still last year.
Now Samsung, in partnership with The Commons Project Foundation, a non-profit public trust established to build and operate digital platforms and services for the common good, has announced that Samsung Pay users can use the mobile payment and digital wallet service to store digital versions of their COVID-19 vaccination cards.
“As more and more consumers use their Samsung devices as a digital wallet, it is a natural extension to make Covid-19 vaccination records more easily accessible,” explains Rob White, Sr. Director of Product for Samsung Pay at Samsung Electronics America, in the official announcement. “We are proud to partner with The Commons Project Foundation on this important initiative and to help make life easier” he added.
Here’s what you need to do to add your own COVID-19 vaccination card to Samsung Pay:
- Open the Google Play Store app and download the CommonHealth app to your device.
- Follow the instructions provided by the CommonHealth app to access your COVID-19 vaccine information.
- You can then tap the Add to Samsung Pay link to transfer your COVID-19 vaccine information to Samsung Pay.
- Launch the Samsung Pay app and tap the COVID-19 Vaccine Pass on the homepage.
At the moment, this handy feature is available only in the United States, and we have no information on global availability.
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Of course, Samsung can’t force any business, educational institution, or other places to actually accept digital vaccination cards stored in Samsung Pay, but we predict that the willingness to accept this form of COVID-19 certification will only increase as more similar solutions become available.