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Google pushes into mobile payment with Android Pay launch in US

Google Inc said it would roll out Android Pay, a one-touch payment app on Android devices, in more than 1 million locations in the United States on Thursday.

The payment service can be used through Android devices with near-field communication (NFC) technology and Google's KitKat 4.4+ operating system.

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