Product design question

How would you improve Google Pay?

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What this question tests

Tests product sense on a payments app competing against strong incumbents, where trust and utility beat flashy new features.

Segment users: peer-to-peer payment users, bill-pay/utility users, and in-store/online checkout users, since needs differ.
Identify a pain point: bill splitting and recurring payments are clunky compared to a dedicated tool, and cross-border remittance is underused despite Google's global reach.
Prioritize one improvement: streamlined recurring bill management with proactive reminders and one-tap pay, since this is a high-frequency, high-retention use case.
Consider global expansion as a strategic lever: better cross-border transfer rates, leveraging Google's international presence versus PayPal or local apps.
Define success: growth in recurring/repeat transaction frequency per user, not just total transaction volume, since repeat usage signals real habit formation.

Targets recurring/bill-pay use cases specifically, a high-frequency habit loop that drives retention better than one-off payments.
Considers Google Pay's competitive position against PayPal, Venmo, and regional apps, rather than proposing features in a vacuum.
Uses an illustrative number, e.g. assume only 10% of users have set up a recurring payment, showing room to grow habit-forming usage.
Picks repeat-usage frequency as the success metric, since that's what indicates the feature actually built a habit.

Proposing generic UI polish without identifying a specific, high-frequency use case to improve.
Ignoring the competitive landscape (PayPal, Venmo, Zelle) that Google Pay has to differentiate against.

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