Some users on the /r/Google Pixels subreddit are receiving free money from Google with a notification saying they are receiving the money to “try the Google Pay remittance experience”. Some get a modest amount, but others see their balance increase by more than $1,000.

Pixel phone users randomly receiving money from Google

“Dogfooding” means that Company employees are testing a new feature or service before making it publicly available. This suggests that Google is accidentally sending money to random users to “test” Google Pay features instead of paying their own employees who actually tested them.

Later, Google informed affected users that they would try to reverse the payment, but if they were unable to do so, the money would be theirs. Do you happen to be one of those lucky Pixel users?

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