Interesting one here - I requested a new investor card back in December and then switched on this labs feature when it first became available.
I havenāt gone around updating my details but just now Iāve had a notification that my Spotify subscription has been billed. Iāve logged into my account to check and once you skip past a few warnings about them not being able to take payment I can see that they have my new card details in there.
So two observations with this - it looks like this WILL work even if you switch the feature on after requesting a card, and it looks like with Spotify at least, they only detect the new card after trying and failing to take payment.
Iāve got Dropbox and Netflix due out soon so Iāll see what happens with them.
Edit: I just remembered that I had to update Netflix manually last month.
As for Dropbox, Iāve just logged into my account and I can see from the last 4 digits that they already have my new card details so it looks like that works too!
Had the feature turned on and activated my new card.
So far i have had to update amazon manually as i needed to buy something.
Uber hasnāt updated and has been a week.
I will keep checking to see when it updates.
This didnāt work for me for any of my recurring payments/online accounts. Had activated in labs before ordering a new card.
Left it to see if a failed Spotify payment would force my card details to change but this didnāt make a difference. Also no change with Apple/GiffGaff/Uber etc.
Itās been over two weeks since I activated my new card and I have had the feature turned on in labs since it was released.
Iāve had the feature on since it appeared in Labs, ordered a replacement card end of December.
All my automatic payments failed, including Amazon, Spotify and Uber. No update anywhere, I had to manually change my details.
Google just sent me this, so I removed their asterisk from the wiki. (Google Apps payment, not Google Pay or my card on Google Play store) Itās the first time someoneās updated me that theyāve changed my card details.
Once itās live and kicking, it should be a yes/no prompt when ordering a new card. I feel the same as several on here, Iād like to escape from dodgy subscriptions this way if necessary.
Generally, the idea is that weāll make it an opt-in screen immediately or a feed item soon after choosing to replace a card for a non-fraud reason.
I think itāll be a little while before itās offered as part of the card replacement flow as this is still fairly experimental. Weād like to try seeing if we can improve its reliability on our end.
Opt in is a good idea. Iād also like to know which payments will be attempted and which wonāt eventually. Possibly on the same screen as the opt-in.
Know this is an old topic, but had this lab turned on, and when I activated my Monzo Plus card I tried adding it to Google Pay but it failed.
I suspected this was due to my old card being there, wasnāt sure if I should expect that to update - at first it looked like it could no longer be used however later it looked like it was available to use again despite having the old card number showing still.
After I deleted it I was able to add the new card.
I have had this the last couple of cards Iāve had replaced. It seems to struggle with card swap. I usually end up with two copies of the same card in Google pay, both in various states of not working, and end up having to delete them both and start again which is a bit of a pain when you have subscriptions
Hasnāt worked for me either. Changed to Plus and Netflix just emailed to say they canāt take a payment. Amazon, Ordolife, Spotify etc havenāt updated either. Shame. Guess itās time for manual re entries every time a payment declined email comes through.
