In 2022, Apple began rolling out Tap to Pay on iPhone, a system that allows small business owners and other merchants to accept contactless payments on an iPhone, with no point-of-sale hardware required. The feature allows customers to pay with a simple tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch, credit or debit card, or other contactless payment option on the merchant’s iPhone. Payment is made securely via NFC, like Apple Pay.
Some Apple retail employees are using iPhone 14s with Tap to Pay on iPhone, instead of a Bluetooth credit card reader affixed to the back of the device, and now the company is apparently considering going further.
BloombergMark Gurman of , said today that Apple will offer more retail workers newer iPhone 16 devices in order to expand its in-store use of Tap to Pay on iPhone.
“The iPhone 14’s tap-to-pay system can sometimes be finicky and may not support metal cards like American Express Platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve,” he explained. “But Apple found that the iPhone 16 does a better job and eliminates the need for store employees to carry the specialized terminals.”
iOS 27 builds on Tap to Pay on iPhone with a new “Tap to Share” feature.
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