Today’s WWDC keynote has been packed so for, including a number of key new updates for iOS 18. One of the more interesting additions is Tap to Pay, which is more or less what it sounds like, letting users pay for things by tapping together a pair of iPhones.
As the name also suggests, the feature is effectively an outgrowth of Apple Pay’s longstanding Tap to Pay feature. Similarly, the new addition likely uses the device’s NFC functionality. Apple notes that the feature transfers money without having to share any personal info — a nice added privacy element .
Apple isn’t the first to bring this feature to market, but one wonders what impact this feature will ultimately have on standalone payment device/platforms like Square.
The new payment feature was one of a slew of new iOS 18 updates announced this morning at Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference.