Tap to Pay on iPhone - Apple Developer
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Payment apps can now accept contactless payments from contactless credit or debit cards, Apple Pay, Apple Watch, and smartphones with other digital wallets — right on iPhone and without any extra terminals or hardware.

I believe that Apple bought out the company behind this technology, but I wonder if something like this will ever come to Android phones.

It’s something that I’d use for when I do craft fairs and car boot sales without investing in a dedicated reader.

  • recursivesive@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    I’m not sure if you’re referring to just the functionality of being able to pay by tapping the phone, but there’s Google Pay, which does exactly that and is mostly accepted wherever apple’s solution is accepted. It works in any Android phone with NFC.

    • FrozenCorgi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Skimmed through the article quickly and yeah that’s what I interpret as well, this is just NFC Payment, and has been a thing on Android devices for years already.