Apple Pay may actually be useful for more users soon
Chrome, Edge and Firefox allegedly set to get Apple Pay support
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UsingApplePay might actually end up being a pleasant experience for users soon following rumors of a new update to themobile paymentsservice.
Reports have claimed that Apple Pay will soon work on otherbrowsersaside from the company’sSafariplatform, opening up the service to more users everywhere.
The feature was uncovered byMacRumorscontributor Steve Moser, who found Apple Pay worked with bothMicrosoftEdge andGoogleChrome in the latest iOS 16 beta 4.
Apple Pay browsers
In aseries of tweets, Moser demonstrated how a new “Continue with Apple Pay” option was now appearing on Apple’s checkout page when using Edge and Chrome.
Moser’s work was later added to by another Twitter user who spotted Apple Pay had worked on Firefox before theiOS 16beta 4 release.
Until now, Apple Pay had only worked inSafari, forcing users to embrace the full Apple software ecosystem regardless of what browser they used on a daily basis.
Moser noted that Apple Pay still isn’t available in macOS, most likely because, due to Apple’s own requirements, Edge, Chrome and Firefox all use the WebKit rendering engine in Safari on iOS.
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As the updates were spotted in a beta version of iOS, it’s likely that they will be released at some point - probably after Apple has been able to iron out any kinks.
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The news comes as Apple Pay continues to struggle somewhat in some areas. Arecent lawsuit against Applecentered on the service, claiming that Apple “coerces” iPhone users into adopting its own contactless payments solution.
The lawsuit notes the company’s unwillingness to allow alternative wallets onto its iOS platform leads thousands of banks and credit unions to pay upwards of $1 billion in additional fees each year.
This came after figures released last year showed thatonly 6% of shopperswith iPhones in the US had used the platform to pay for their in-store purchases at some point in the past year.
TechRadar Prohas asked Apple for comment.
ViaThe Verge
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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