Samsung announces Android Wallet app for tickets and coupons, opens API to developers

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If your heart bleeds Android, but your eyes occasionally wander lustfully in the direction of Apple's Passbook, good news. Samsung has announced "Wallet," a ticketing and coupon app of its own. Unveiled at the firm's Developer Day at Mobile World Congress, Wallet comes ready with an open API that should encourage adoption, but some big names are already onboard including Hotels.com, Booking.com, Expedia, MLB and Lufthansa. As you might expect, the app will be connected, and location aware, letting you know when Wallet-friendly stores and so on are nearby, as well as continuous updates to items already in your Wallet, should those booking details change. The app API is still in beta at this time, but word is that Samsung is accepting early sign-ups on its approval.

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