How to Set Up Apple Pay on Apple Watch

MacRumors · May 23, 2015

Apple restricted Apple Pay to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus due to the need for an NFC chip that's not included in older phones, which means Apple Pay has been limited to those with newer iPhones since it debuted in October of 2014.

One of the major perks of the Apple Watch is that it enables Apple Pay for some older iPhones because it has the same NFC chip that's in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. If you have an Apple Watch and an iPhone 5, 5c, or 5s, you can now use Apple Pay and the watch to make secure purchases in retail locations.

For those of you who haven't had a chance to use Apple Pay, we've written up a tutorial that walks through how to set it up on your watch.

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Robert.Walter · May 23, 2015

Sisters been using apple pay on her iPhone 6 since last October. Yesterday tried to use it from her AW (first time attempt) at a Meijer gas pump (where she had previously used AP via her iPhone.)

Despite several attempts, the last several with me coaching her by phone, she never got past the Hold Closer to Reader stage.

She's going to make a few more attempts at other stores where she has been able to use the phone in the past (big pity that her major favorites still don't support AP.)

Jimi72 · May 23, 2015

Step 1: Move to the US

lk400 · May 23, 2015

This doesn't work for me. A very detailed guide, but seems to be missing the only valid piece of information - this doesn't work outside of the USA. Does macrumors really assume everyone is in the USA?

pilot3033 · May 23, 2015

You don't need to open the passbook app, you can double press the friends/side button to go directly to Apple Pay from anywhere on the watch.

staveb · May 23, 2015

What does this have to do with rumors or news I care about? A guide is totally off point for this site. Editors...start pulling your site back to its purpose or we'll jump. Full on content fail here.

filmantopia · May 23, 2015

Here comes the mandatory "So the Apple Watch is so complicated you need a guide to do X?" comment.

BillyTrimble · May 23, 2015

staveb said:
What does this have to do with rumors or news I care about? A guide is totally off point for this site. Editors...start pulling your site back to its purpose or we'll jump. Full on content fail here.

"We'll"??? Who is we?

It's fine with me. To you I say, bye bye.

Kaibelf · May 23, 2015

lk400 said:
This doesn't work for me. A very detailed guide, but seems to be missing the only valid piece of information - this doesn't work outside of the USA. Does macrumors really assume everyone is in the USA?

Do you assume every website is aimed at an international audience?

Fortimir · May 23, 2015

On our Capital One cards the watch told us to call Capital One on the phone to have them verified before they could be activated.

It was a mini-nightmare. I was transferred between four different people before they got someone who knew what was going on. The first person transferred me to the wrong department, and the second person thought I was talking about Bill Pay from my Apple computer even after repeated explanations. One of the ladies I talked to argued with me that since I had a 5s it wouldn't work... and that "their manual said you had to enter the card information on the watch, not your phone."

After all of that, the card activated but would fail to work. So I deleted the card, waited a day, went through it all again and it's worked fine since.

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lk400 said:
Does macrumors really assume everyone is in the USA?

No, but they (rightfully) assume (and by assume I mean know through advanced website metrics and tracking) that the majority of their audience is.

krewger · May 23, 2015

staveb said:
What does this have to do with rumors or news I care about? A guide is totally off point for this site. Editors...start pulling your site back to its purpose or we'll jump. Full on content fail here.

These guides are redundant and a blatant attempt to get search engine hits for macrumors for people trying to set this stuff up. Apple has a full site set up with tutorials on how to do all this. Macrumors needs to quit repeating what Apple already has posted on their user guided tours on apple.com. https://www.apple.com/watch/guided-tours/#film-apple-pay

macs4nw · May 23, 2015

staveb said:
What does this have to do with rumors or news I care about? A guide is totally off point for this site. Editors...start pulling your site back to its purpose or we'll jump. Full on content fail here.

Calm down. No one forces you to read these helpful articles. Personally, not yet having purchased an AW, I appreciate them if for no other reason than being able to get as much info to make an informed decision as to whether AW is for me, and when to jump in the fray.

Feel free to skip over these articles. That why we have headlines.

macs4nw · May 23, 2015

krewger said:
These guides are redundant and a blatant attempt to get search engine hits for macrumors for people trying to set this stuff up.....

Maybe so, but every site has to do what it takes to remain vibrant, relevant, and most of all in business. No other tech rumor site is there for purely altruistic motives.

I don't mean to be harsh, but feel free to scan the headlines for articles that interest you!

kingtj · May 23, 2015

re: problems adding new cards

Yes, this!!

What I've figured out so far is, it seems like any VISA cards go through pretty painlessly, but the MasterCard branded ones are the ones that give you these problems.

I actually have 3 Capital One cards (a MasterCard debit card, a MasterCard credit card and a Platinum VISA), and only the Platinum VISA let me add it to the watch without any activation issue. The others still tell me to call for assistance, which I started to do yesterday but gave up on after waiting too long on hold.

I also have a Juniper Bank MasterCard which won't let me add it to my watch at all, despite being added on my iPhone 6 already! When I try to add it to the Apple watch, it just spins for a few seconds and comes back saying my action was declined and to contact the card provider for assistance!

Fortimir said:
On our Capital One cards the watch told us to call Capital One on the phone to have them verified before they could be activated.

It was a mini-nightmare. I was transferred between four different people before they got someone who knew what was going on. The first person transferred me to the wrong department, and the second person thought I was talking about Bill Pay from my Apple computer even after repeated explanations. One of the ladies I talked to argued with me that since I had a 5s it wouldn't work... and that "their manual said you had to enter the card information on the watch, not your phone."

After all of that, the card activated but would fail to work. So I deleted the card, waited a day, went through it all again and it's worked fine since.

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No, but they (rightfully) assume (and by assume I mean know through advanced website metrics and tracking) that the majority of their audience is.

jdogg836 · May 23, 2015

lk400 said:
This doesn't work for me. A very detailed guide, but seems to be missing the only valid piece of information - this doesn't work outside of the USA. Does macrumors really assume everyone is in the USA?

No they don't have to assume where anyone is at, this guide explains how to set up Apple Pay on an Apple Watch. When and if it is enabled in your country, you will be able to utilize this guide. Were you unaware that Apple Pay isn't turn on yet in your country?

C DM · May 23, 2015

lk400 said:
This doesn't work for me. A very detailed guide, but seems to be missing the only valid piece of information - this doesn't work outside of the USA. Does macrumors really assume everyone is in the USA?

It's assumed that a reader at least knows something as basic which things are available in their countries and which aren't. That said, even that is probably a stretch for too many, unfortunately.

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staveb said:
What does this have to do with rumors or news I care about? A guide is totally off point for this site. Editors...start pulling your site back to its purpose or we'll jump. Full on content fail here.

Plenty of articles that aren't of interest to me on this site and many others...I simply skip them.

hoits2000 · May 23, 2015

Stop whining. I enjoy reading how tos. It doesn't have to be all about leaks, rumors, or reviews.

NM08SRT8 · May 23, 2015

staveb said:
What does this have to do with rumors or news I care about? A guide is totally off point for this site. Editors...start pulling your site back to its purpose or we'll jump. Full on content fail here.

Please jump

it'll be a favor to us.

lk400 · May 23, 2015

Kaibelf said:
Do you assume every website is aimed at an international audience?

Nowadays, unless stated otherwise, yes I do.

Col4bin · May 23, 2015

BillyTrimble said:
"We'll"??? Who is we?

It's fine with me. To you I say, bye bye.

Bye bye? Are you 5?

patrickvanzandt · May 23, 2015

...and when did MacRumors.com become AppleWatchTutorialsAndDocumentation.com?

Fortimir · May 23, 2015

kingtj said:
What I've figured out so far is, it seems like any VISA cards go through pretty painlessly, but the MasterCard branded ones are the ones that give you these problems.

Mine was a Visa, it that means anything...

batchtaster · May 23, 2015

Kaibelf said:
Do you assume every website is aimed at an international audience?

Yes. Yes, I do.

If it's accessible by an international audience (aka the "Internet") and you earn ad revenue from an international audience, then it's aimed at an international audience. Don't want to cater to an international audience, then geolock your site (pfft, yeah, $ure). You don't get it both ways.

chocolaterabbit · May 23, 2015

macs4nw said:
Maybe so, but every site has to do what it takes to remain vibrant, relevant, and most of all in business. No other tech rumor site is there for purely altruistic motives.

I don't mean to be harsh, but feel free to scan the headlines for articles that interest you!

But at the same time, when sites post too much content and enough people consider them low quality/low effort, people will leave.

Not saying macrumors has hit that point, but justifying it based on whether or not it's on the extreme end of altruistic/selfish motive scale doesn't quite work.

C DM · May 23, 2015

batchtaster said:
Yes. Yes, I do.

If it's accessible by an international audience (aka the "Internet") and you earn ad revenue from an international audience, then it's aimed at an international audience. Don't want to cater to an international audience, then geolock your site (pfft, yeah, $ure). You don't get it both ways.

Vast majority of web sites are accessible throughout the world yet they don't necessarily apply to all parts of the world. That's how the Internet has been for a long time.

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