On December 5, 2017, Apple released the watchOS 4.2 software update, bringing the new Apple Pay Cash peer-to-peer payment feature to your wrist and adding other new capabilities.
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watchOS 4.2 has been released with Apple Pay Cash support
Roughly a month after the last major Apple Watch software update, Apple has released watchOS 4.2, bringing support for Apple Pay Cash, among other changes.
Apple Pay Cash officially launches today after appearing for some users yesterday
Apple has announced that Apple Pay for Messages and the Apple Pay Cash card are officially launching today. Yesterday, some users had begun to see the feature appear, but now it is widely available for everyone who is running the latest iOS 11.2 update.
Apple Pay Cash starts rolling out for iOS 11.2 users in the United States
Yesterday's release of iOS 11.2 brought support for Apple Pay Cash, the new person-to-person mobile payment solution from Apple based on Apple Pay.
Apple releases iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash, faster wireless charging, and date bug fix
Apple released iOS 11.2 to the public in the middle of the night Friday evening. The software updates brings support for Apple Pay Cash, and faster wireless charging speeds, but this unusual release time indicates that iOS 11.2 has more likely been pushed to fix an issue with a bug that just started appearing for iOS 11.1.2 users.
Video: hands-on with Apple Pay Cash
iOS 11.2 and watchOS 4.2 are mostly bug-fix updates, but with one big new feature: the inclusion of Apple Pay Cash, an easy way to pay and request money from friends using your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.
Australian grocery store Woolworths is one of few retailers to support Apple Pay reward cards in Wallet
For those in Australia, Woolworths customers are now able to add their rewards card directly into Apple Wallet and ditch the physical counterpart. They can then utilize Apple Pay to transmit their loyalty info over NFC at checkout to earn and redeem points.
Apple Pay now available in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the United Arab Emirates
Apple announced on Monday night that Apple Pay is expending to Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the United Arab Emirates.
Service expansion, Wallet passes for all Ticketmaster venues & other Apple Pay updates
During Sunday's Money20/20 Las Vegas event, Apple Pay head Jennifer Bailey gave a keynote presentation highlighting an upcoming expansion and some key stats while sharing more about what’s next for the company's mobile payments service.
Apple Pay support in Spain extended to CaixaBank and ImaginBank
Apple's mobile payment service in Spain has gained support for credit cards issued by the local bank CaixaBank and its mobile banking brand, called ImaginBank.
Apple’s Cue on TV efforts: We’re doing “some future stuff that we haven’t talked about”
Eddy Cue, Apple's chief of Internet Software and Services and one of its most important negotiators with Hollywood producers and studios, has made some interesting comments regarding Apple's TV efforts during his trip to India.
Apple employees testing Apple Pay Cash internally with iOS 11.1
Select Apple employees appear to be testing the company's upcoming person-to-person money transfer service with iOS 11.1, which is not available publicly at this time.