So Apple released iOS 8.1 today and together with the update, they also released Apple Pay which can be used at a variety of retailers such as McDonald’s and Walgreens, just to name a few. Well Walgreens wants to show just how convenient and quick using Apple Pay is and they have released a video.
The video basically shows that it will take around 44 seconds for a customer who arrives at the cashier to enter their reward card details and make the payment using Apple Pay. We’re not sure if this faster/slower compared to paying by cash, or as a comment in the video has stated, it does not seem particularly faster than swiping your credit card.
However we guess Apple Pay does have its uses for those times when you might not have cash on you, or if you were worried about credit card fraud. After all Apple Pay will rely on the Touch ID sensor found on the new iPhones to help authenticate and to facilitate the payments. Credit card companies have also outlined the security of Apple Pay in which they reassure customers that their details will be kept safe.
In any case if you were wondering how Apple Pay might be used in real life and whether or not you’d actually end up taking advantage of the feature, check out the video above for the details.
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