Drtysouth205@alien.topB to AppleEnglish · 2 years agoApple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Francewww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkApple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Francewww.macrumors.comDrtysouth205@alien.topB to AppleEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squarelachlanhunt@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI thought the idea of it was that apps like Square could make use of the built in NFC to accept the payment without requiring an extra dongle.
minus-squareNefCanuck@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoBut the Square device itself is a dongle, sure it’s Bluetooth and not tethered to the device, but Apple has set up a system that removes the Square device from the equation
minus-squarelachlanhunt@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSquare have already integrated with Apple’s Tap to Pay in some countries. https://squareup.com/help/au/en/article/7786-get-started-with-tap-to-pay-on-iphone
minus-squareNefCanuck@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI see in Australia, but I don’t see if it’s possible in Canada 🤔
I thought the idea of it was that apps like Square could make use of the built in NFC to accept the payment without requiring an extra dongle.
But the Square device itself is a dongle, sure it’s Bluetooth and not tethered to the device, but Apple has set up a system that removes the Square device from the equation
Square have already integrated with Apple’s Tap to Pay in some countries.
https://squareup.com/help/au/en/article/7786-get-started-with-tap-to-pay-on-iphone
I see in Australia, but I don’t see if it’s possible in Canada 🤔