Apple Releases iOS 8.1 With Apple Pay Support, SMS Relay, Camera Roll, and More

[iPhil]

8.1 update used roughly 10% of Battery via OTA .. going from 8.0 > 8.1

 

[greytmom]

Completely not true, and I have the bottle of Dr. Pepper from the NFC enabled vending machine to prove it. Those stores Tim showed are stores that already accept NFC payments, or will accept NFC payments soon, and presumably, paid to have their logo displayed during an Apple keynote.

Yay! and Dr. Pepper too - excellent choice!

 

[jman240]

Apple Pay is only for 6/6+.

Apple pay works on more than just the 6 and 6+ (eg the service paying in apps etc) but Tap-and-pay only works with the models that have nfc hardware so 6 and 6+.

Pay really refers to two distinct methods of payment. The on device in app one and the with device in store one.

 

[Aragornii]

Actually, that is false. I work for a developer in the credit card industry. Apple Pay is simply the communication between your phone and the card reader (The NFC reader). The POS system then sends the encrypted information to the credit card processor, which then sends it to the bank for approval.

It's a tokenization method, much like some POS systems are tokenized. This allows you to not have to worry about your credit card getting stolen by clerks or other methods as it's encrypted from Apple to the NFC reader, but from there, acts just like a normal credit card transaction.

What this means is that the POS system needs to be capable of accepting NFC. Some POS software needs to be updated to support the latest API for NFC.

That's exactly what I said. The reader at the store just forwards the transaction via the NFC reader. Stores don't have to "sign on" to Apple Pay for it to work.

 

[ThrillHouseMD]

It works!!!

 

[Mashurrab]

I am going to read all these comments before upgrading

 

[Biedz1216]

where do you find the code you need to put in to have texts forwarded?

on the device your trying to add if having issues getting it pop up sign out of iMessage on that device then log back in and rerequest the code from the iPhone

 

[darkslide29]

Good luck using it at stores that have not signed up or opted in. Thats why stores have REFUSED it you



https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/12/apple-pay-walmart-best-buy-pos-upgrades/




" Questions have remained, however, about how willing other retailers will be to sign on to the program and how quickly those that do will be able to get up and running. "


"For those retailers considering joining Apple Pay, however, it appears that Apple has timed its rollout perfectly. As highlighted by Pando Daily, Apple is taking advantage of regulatory changes that essentially require merchants to deploy new payment hardware in their retail stores over the coming year. This mass upgrade by over nine million merchants is the result of an updated credit card liability policy adopted by major credit card companies."

"In the wake of Apple's announcement, several major retailers such as Walmart and Best Buy were in fact quick to state that they do not plan to support Apple Pay, as noted by The Wall Street Journal"

This just meants that the store isn't accepting NFC payments at all. Costco, for example, has NO nfc terminals. Best Buy has NFC turned OFF on all of their terminals. They are not accepting contactless payments.

This has nothing to do with opting in or out of Apple Pay.

In other words, you either accept NFC or you don't. You can't choose to accept NFC (Google wallet, ISIS), but choose to not accept Apple Pay. All or nothing.

What is wrong with these people?? So insistent.

Look at the documentation on the website, look at what people are posting here. The pictures people are posting here. It says to look for the NFC contactless payment logo. Look for the logo! The universal logo. It doesn't say look for an apple pay sticker. It doesn't say look for our participating list. Look for the logo that has existed for years!

 

[MrGuder]

After the last update....I better wait for others to say 8.1 is really better, not looking forward to doing a restore as new.

Can someone confirm if it fixes the synch issues with iTunes library and your phone.

 

[hildeberto]

For me (iPhone 6, in Portugal) updating was 169MB

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Still waiting on that code that my Macs are supposed to get when trying to enable Text Message Forwarding...

 

[tirexstorm]

Hmmm.....no support for a Barclay Visa card....the one I got from apple

Just tried all three of my visa cards and none are supported.

 

[Krevnik]

Showing as 1.9gb for me. Weird.

Sounds like you had a beta installed. It looks like folks on beta builds got the whole ISPW rather than a diff.

 

[Rm.237]

Just tried it: It's pretty neat, but to be quite honest, I'm not sure if it's any faster than swiping a card.

I don't think it needs to be faster. It's about security and convenience.

 

[GmDude66]

Just tried it:

Held my iPhone up to the NFC reader on the vending machine and my screen automatically turned on and asked me to authenticate with Apple Pay. I tried the Citi card twice, and it was declined (yes, I have enough available credit for a $1.60 purchase so not sure why) so maybe they're still working out the bugs. I added a Chase card and it worked.

It's pretty neat, but to be quite honest, I'm not sure if it's any faster than swiping a card.

And to clarify things: THIS WAS A REGULAR NFC-ACCEPTING SODA MACHINE. No special requirement for the merchant to support ApplePay.

Great news! Can't wait to test it.

 

[Patriot24]

I really wish apple would quit having bluetooth auto on after every update.

I understand the frustration with this in previous builds of iOS. However, it is required for Handoff to function in 8.1. Apple likely made a calculated risk of frustrating some users for the sake of everything "just working" on day one for all users.

 

[Biedz1216]

That's exactly what I said. The reader at the store just forwards the transaction via the NFC reader. Stores don't have to "sign on" to Apple Pay for it to work.

but they can opt out. like wtf is so hard to understand about this.

 

[albertperk]

Not necessarily. 1.Nf3 can lead to the Reti opening (with 2.c4).

Well played...however I was only quoting X-Men: The Last Stand

 

[graywolf323]

theres a setting. go to settings----messages----text message forwarding

I don't actually see that under settings but I got it working anyways, ends up iMessage just failed to reactivate on my iPhone so I had to just turn it off and back on

then when I opened Messages on my MacBook it popped up about SMS relay and after entering a code it displayed it now works

edit: having a little bit of trouble getting it working on my iPad though

 

[darkflounder]

Wifi issues and Apple Pay. If those work correctly, I'll be happy.

Downloaded to my 6Plus, currently preparing...

 

[SteveLV702]

Darn go to add my American Express Card to Apple Pay but its not supported :-(

 

[ericg301]

Looks like 3rd party keyboards work better with messages.

 

[JAT]

Prove us wrong.

Read post 324.

 

[arefbe]

Finally! iTunes is seeing my iDevices on Wi-fi again!

 

[John.B]

So whats the deal with camera roll? We only get it if we enable a beta service called photo library?

If I read the release notes correctly, its iCloud Photo Library *or* Camera Roll.