Google is prepared to make Android Pay, its reborn mobile payment service, available to some people as soon as today, according to Re/Code. The app will be pushed to small batches of users over the next week say Re/Code's sources, though it's not clear how. Google is in the midst of a shift of its mobile payment and money management services. Google's original mobile payment app was called Google Wallet. Just yesterday, Google relaunched Wallet as a simpler money-sending service that lets people deliver cash to anyone with an email address. Google Wallet can also be used to manage the Google Wallet Card, which is a debit card linked to the account. The original Google Wallet app is set to transform into Android Pay, which will allow Android device users to make NFC-based tap-and-go mobile payments at participating retailers. Earlier this year, Google bought the Softcard mobile payment platform from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. It is the Softcard platform that will power the new Android Pay service. Google has not yet commented on Re/Code's story.


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