The identity security product company HID, with Smart Spaces, a developer of smart building software, and Cohesion, a smart building software platform have announced mobile credentials in Google Wallet. This allows users to access buildings, spaces and systems with their Android devices.
Adding mobile credentials in Google Wallet gives employees, tenants and guests access to spaces and business systems, using their Android phones. They now have a credential to open a door, access an elevator or release a print job, by holding their phone near a reader.
Adding to HID’s Seos products, mobile credentials in Google Wallet have the privacy and security features built into Android phones. Mobile credentials in Google Wallet are compatible with Signo and iCLASS SE readers, which are Wallet ready.
“We are thrilled to partner with Smart Spaces and Cohesion to provide their customers and users with a convenient, secure wallet experience on Android phones,” says Sanjit Bardhan, VP of Mobile at HID. “By adding mobile credentials in Google Wallet, users can access everything from turnstiles and elevators to certain floors on a building to computer and printer networks.”
“At Smart Spaces, providing our customers a seamless user experience is extremely important. Adding mobile credentials in Google Wallet does this exactly. We’re very excited to partner with HID to be among the first to offer this to our customers,” says Dan Drogman, Smart Spaces’ Chief Executive Officer.
Company badges
With mobile credentials in Google Wallet, company badges can be distributed remotely to reduce spending on physical cards, printers and administrative space. As for set-up for users, features include:
- Remote enrollment in a few steps
- Delivery and storage directly in Google Wallet on an Android phone
- Remote removal of credential – in case users misplace their phone or leave the company
Thru Shivakumar, Chief Executive Officer of Cohesion, says: “Being one of the first in North America to partner with HID to deliver mobile credentials in Google Wallet sets a new benchmark for seamless and secure access solutions. We are thrilled that this launch will debut at the Ion, Houston’s largest innovation hub. Together we are not only creating a smarter environment but also shaping the future of how we interact with our spaces.”
At initial launch, mobile credentials in Google Wallet will be available in these countries:
- Austria
- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States.
Visit: hidglobal.com/googlewallet.
