This tale is a part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s whole protection from and about Apple’s annual builders convention.
Apple desires to exchange extra than simply your bodily pockets with Apple Pockets. Apple introduced on Monday at its 2022 International Builders Convention some updates to Apple Pockets that might make the use of the app more uncomplicated and extra popular, together with the advent of Apple Pay Later, a Klarna-style buy-now-pay-later device.
“Apple Pay Later permits you to break up the price of an Apple Pay acquire into 4 equivalent bills unfold over six weeks with 0 hobby and no charges of any sort,” Corey Fugman, senior director of Apple Pockets and Apple Pay, stated on the convention. “Upcoming bills are controlled thru pockets, making it simple to stay observe of what is due when and to stick inside of the cheap.”
Fugman stated Apple Pay Later does not require any integration and works along with your same old Apple Pay. Apple Pay Later will probably be to be had in every single place that Apple Pay is authorised, together with on-line and in apps. This new function may also reportedly now not value builders or traders any additional. How the cost by way of Apple Pay Later works — i.e. if Apple will pay the entire value of the object prematurely and also you pay again Apple — used to be now not defined.
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Starting in June, Apple Pay users will also be able to pay merchants with contactless pay. Merchants don’t need any additional hardware or payment terminals either.
“Tap-to-pay on iPhone enables small merchants and large retailers to use iPhone to securely accept payments,” Fugman said.
Corey Fugman explaining Apple Pay Later.
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You can also now track your order through Apple Pay — no more searching through your email for the tracking number of an order. Fugman said Shopify will be the first e-commerce platform to use this new feature, but “millions of merchants” will have access to it, too.
Fugman also said that more states are working through the process to accept ID cards through Apple Wallet. Arizona and Maryland already accept ID cards through Apple Wallet, and a few Transportation Security Administration checkpoints accept ID cards through Apple Wallet as well.
Apple announced some new privacy features for ID cards within Apple Wallet. Fugman said now, if you need to verify your age with someone that accepts ID cards via Apple Wallet, you can set your ID card to say you’re “over 21,” and keep your full birth date hidden.
Sharing digital keys will also be easier, Apple promised. You’ll be able to use messaging apps like Mail, Messages and WhatsApp to send digital keys to others, even people who don’t have an iPhone.
“We are seeing tremendous enthusiasm from our partners with more of them signing on just four keys for all the places you visit,” Fugman said.
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