New ‘Pay Home’ Component in Android Hints at a Google Wallet Revamp (v25.42)

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Key Points of This Article

• An analysis of the in-app code from the v25.42 update for the Android “Google Play services” app has confirmed the addition of a new component called “Pay Home (PayHomeActivity),” suggesting that “Google Wallet (Google Pay)” app features may be integrated into the Android OS system.
• This hints at the addition of “Google Wallet (Google Pay)” management settings within the Android settings.
• It also suggests a potential renewal for “Google Wallet.”

Around Friday, October 24, 2025, Google began rolling out the v25.42 update (version: 25.42.32 (260400-820822052)) for its system app, “Google Play services,” for Android.

The details of this v25.42 update for the Android “Google Play services” app have not yet been announced in the latest “Google System Release Notes,” which detail new features for “Google System Updates” aimed at enhancing the security and reliability of Android-related devices. In other words, the contents are unknown.

However, our site’s independent analysis of the in-app code has confirmed the addition of a new component called “Pay Home (PayHomeActivity),” which suggests that “Google Wallet (Google Pay)” app features may be integrated into the Android OS system. While many details about this new component, “Pay Home (PayHomeActivity),” are still unclear, it hints at the addition of “Google Wallet (Google Pay)” management settings within Android’s settings.

This also suggests a potential renewal for “Google Wallet.” However, as these are still internal changes, there are no visible surface-level changes yet.

<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.pay.home.PayHomeActivity" ... android:enabled="true" ...>
    ...
</activity>
<activity-alias android:name="com.google.android.gms.pay.home.PayHomeActivityAlias" ... android:enabled="true" ... android:targetActivity="com.google.android.gms.pay.main.PayActivity">
    ...
</activity-alias>
<activity-alias android:name="com.google.android.gms.pay.home.PayHomeActivityDeepLinkActivity" ... android:enabled="true" ... android:targetActivity="com.google.android.gms.pay.deeplink.DeepLinkActivity">
    ...
</activity-alias>

<public type="id" name="pay_home_activity_fragment_container" id="0x7f0b1aa3" />
<public type="id" name="pay_home_activity_toolbar" id="0x7f0b1aa4" />
<public type="id" name="pay_home_activity_toolbar_container" id="0x7f0b1aa5" />
<public type="layout" name="pay_home_activity" id="0x7f0e081c" />
<public type="style" name="PayHomeActivityTheme" id="0x7f16058b" />

For the Japanese version of “Google Wallet,” details hinting at a major renewal—such as the addition of new e-money, a new “E-Wallet” section, bank account linking, and cryptocurrency wallet integration—have already been revealed in the HTML code of the “Supported payment methods (Japan)” page on the official “Google Wallet Help” site. The addition of this new “Pay Home (PayHomeActivity)” component, in a sense, corroborates the upcoming renewal of “Google Wallet.”

“Google Play services” App Link