As you might have heard, iOS 8.1 has been released and with the release comes Apple Pay, although for now it looks like it will be reserved for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users due to the nature of the technology. That being said if you do own the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, you might be aware that McDonald’s is one of the places you will be able to use Apple Pay.
In fact speaking recently with CIO, McDonald’s own CIO Deborah Hall-Lefevre expressed her confidence in the mobile payment system of Apple’s. So much so that the fast food giant has decided not to employ additional safeguards beyond what Apple and the financial payment networks are using.
According to Hall-Lefevre, “We’ve done full end-to-end testing that included folks from McDonald’s and Apple. We’ve closed the loop and feel very confident.” In fact it also seems that getting McDonald’s executives to hop on board the Apple Pay bandwagon was not a difficult task either.
While mobile payment systems have been around for a while, it seems that Apple Pay is making waves and is poised to become a pretty mainstream feature, thanks to the support of multiple big name retailers who have publicly announced that they would be supporting the feature, although whether or not this actually takes off in a big way remains to be seen. In the meantime if you’re wondering how Apple Pay at McDonald’s works, check out the video above.