Samsung Wallet ‘Trips’ wants to create a more seamless travel experience than Calendar

Source: 9to5Google

Overview

Samsung’s new Trips grouping in Samsung Wallet will become the go‑to spot for reservations, tickets, and other travel plans. An update to Samsung Wallet will allow users to add hotel confirmations, flight itineraries, car rentals, and excursions to a new “trips” card. The grouped reservations appear as a card in the Wallet app, providing a quick way to access trip details.

How the Trips Card Works

• The trip card opens to a time‑ and location‑based timeline.
• The feature image shows a flight and hotel reservation alongside two events.
• Manual events can be added, each with an optional memo line for additional details.

Samsung’s press release provides a quick look at the feature:
Samsung press release

Comparison with Google’s Travel Tools

• The feature is reminiscent of the now‑defunct Google Trips app, whose functionality is now scattered across Google’s other apps.
  • Google Trips shutdown article
• Google Calendar is the most functional way to plan travel using Google’s tools, becoming the default for saving hotel and flight confirmations.
• Samsung Wallet’s Trips feature offers a more seamless hub for reservations and tickets, whereas Google Wallet can feel disorganized when presenting similar cards.
• Samsung Wallet’s growing ID support further enhances its utility.
  • Samsung Wallet ID support

Availability

Samsung says Trips in Wallet will be available this month on most Galaxy devices. In the US, that means devices running Samsung Wallet version 6.4.97 or higher.

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