New enhancements for merchant initiated transactions with the Google Pay API- Google Developers Blog
Apr 15, 2026Dominik Mengelt, Kenneth Tu, Kushagra Patel
Summary
Introduces new objects (`recurringTransactionInfo`, `deferredTransactionInfo`, `automaticReloadTransactionInfo`) and properties within the `PaymentDataRequest` to support merchant-initiated transactions (MIT) for recurring, deferred, and automatic reload payments. Details specific parameters within `recurringTransactionInfo` such as `introductoryPeriodInfo`, `recurrenceItems`, `price`, `managementUrl`, and `tokenUpdateUrl`. Provides a JSON example for a simple monthly subscription.
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