To make more people use Apple Pay, Apple could choose random people every day and pay for a user’s particular purchase. Bingo baby!
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I still get the odd person shocked that I can pay from my watch. This isn’t exactly new tech anymore, we’ve been doing it for many years now.
I love going for a run with just my watch and AirPods and then being able to stop for a drink or something and paying with my watch.
It’s so convenient.
I love going for a run with just my watch and AirPods and then being able to stop for a drink or something and paying with my watch.
It’s so convenient.
What problem are you having? all you have to do is double-click the side button and hold the watch near the terminal.
Worse is when people wearing an AW pull out their wallet and pay cash. Happens a lot in Mexico.
I have a watch and iPhone and yet I still use my debit card. I guess I’m just used to it.
Other use case is airplane boarding pass - loving having it right on my wrist. Every other flight the flight attendant scanning people on board has never seen someone use their Watch for it before. And it doesn't even set off the metal detectors at TSA!
It was partly Apple’s fault for launching 8 years ago when only 3% of merchants accepted it in the US. People got used to it being difficult to use and now it will time to change their minds.
To do Apple Pay at Walmart I load my Apple CC in the Walmart account and then scan the QR code and choose Apple CC payment. Closest that I can get.
That or inserting the titanium card is as close as we get at Walmart in the US and Mexico.
Yeah, are you listening, Walmart? And Home Depot?
Walmart's great hoped-for solution, CurrentC, was a spectacular flop. But their refusal to adopt Apple Pay has probably cost them billions, since every fraudster and credit/debit card thief runs to Walmart and buys stuff there (like gift cards), since Walmart is so fraud-friendly.
I’m in the US and I find I only have to touch my card once a month if that.
This always fails for me. 90% of the time I just end up pulling out my phone and using ApplePay that way. Is there a science behind how you place your arm on the reader? I can't believe I'm asking this.
well, I can actually appreciate people using cash as a means to better control their finances (vs accumulating credit card debt), but that is another story ...
You're not wrong!
When I tried an Apple Watch Apple Pay was always hit and miss for me… while with the iPhone it is 100% every time.
Mine's linked to my debit cards so no credit running up.
I find cash far more of a drain, once it is converted it seems to evaporate out of my wallet. 🤣
At least with the cash they aren’t bypassing what’s in front of them like with people who wear an Apple watch and still rummage for a card.
You need to figure it out. I’m a huge fan of apple pay on my watch. Especially when traveling because I don’t have to pull my phone out to pay which gives me more juice in the phone for photos.
You have to flip the screen side towards the card reader.
On certain readers you have to hold it over the pay pass symbol on the lower left rather than the screen.
Do have launch the Wallet on the Watch itself or it works just like the phone you just hover it near the terminal and it pops up?
yea, US is still lagging more than really needed to be ...
my last trip to Europe, London, never used anything but AW and definitely enjoyed riding the tube that way, Germany, different story, lots of places still don't even take credit cards ...
Exactly like your phone...add your cards in the watch app, double tap the side button on the watch to open the wallet, (it opens to your default card), swipe to the card you want, and tap. I use it 5 times per day easily. All your apple wallet cards are there too...boarding passes, movie tix...
Totally agree. I ask in USA and the rep is like, "whats that?"...just got back from a London trip this weekend...EVERYWHERE took apple pay.
I always use a chip card, so I don't carry cash either, but I have to keep my wallet on me because of my drivers license and other ID type stuff.
last time I did this was last Ep when I got my Ultra, but if you're setup on the phone, you can use the watch app on the phone, enable Apple Pay and then add each card ...
Have you heard of Yotta? They do this and other “spend-to-win” methods, cash back and lottery style sweepstakes. Good for savings and minuscule fun.