AppleInsider Staff
An Apple Pay setup screen discovered in the latest iOS 8.1 beta 2 suggests Apple's next iOS update will in fact debut alongside the company's much-anticipated mobile payments system, which uses NFC connectivity to conduct secure transactions via iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handsets.
The Passbook setup screens, which show options to enter credit card numbers and shipping addresses, was discovered by developer Hamza Sood, who subsequently posted the above screenshot to Twitter on Tuesday. While not unequivocal proof that Apple Pay will be baked in to the release of iOS 8.1, the credit card input option strongly hints that a rollout is coming in the near future.
Today's findings jibe with an Apple Pay details Sood uncovered within the Passbook settings menu of Apple's first iOS 8.1 beta, which was released in late September.
Apple Pay was announced at Apple's iPhone 6 event and is scheduled to roll out sometime in October. The touchless payments system marks Apple's long-awaited entrance into the digital wallet market and comes with support for Touch ID authentication, secure enclave credit card storage and tokenized transactions with point-of-sale terminals at select retail outlets. At launch, some 220,000 locations will accept Apple Pay.
Update: Additional pictures added to original story.
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I just had my card replaced this week thanks to Home Depot. I am so ready for this to be here.
[quote name="AppleInsider" url="/t/182701/more-evidence-of-apple-pay-surfaces-in-latest-ios-8-1-beta-release-u#post_2614613"] The Passbook setup screens, which show options to enter credit card numbers and shipping addresses...[/quote] Since it appears that you can input your card numbers and address into Passbook... can you use [I]any[/I] credit or debit card? Or does it have to be issued from one of those 6 approved banks? I bank with a small local bank... but my debit card has all the right stuff: name, card number, expiration date, security code, and a VISA logo... I guess I'm a little confused as to why only [I]certain[/I] banks are compatible with Apple Pay. What does it mean for a bank to be a [I]participating[/I] bank?
I'm definitely not getting access to it in 8.1b2, but the new beta did resolve my wonky BT audio gremlin for voice calls.
[quote name="Michael Scrip" url="/t/182701/more-evidence-of-apple-pay-surfaces-in-latest-ios-8-1-beta-release-u#post_2614642"] Since it appears that you can input your card numbers and address into Passbook... can you use [I]any[/I] credit or debit card? Or does it have to be issued from one of those 6 approved banks? I bank with a small local bank... but my debit card has all the right stuff: name, card number, expiration date, security code, and a VISA logo... I guess I'm a little confused as to why only [I]certain[/I] banks are compatible with Apple Pay. What does it mean for a bank to be a [I]participating[/I] bank?[/quote] I'm guessing it means that ?Pay will query those participating financial institutions to get a representational card number that it will store locally in the secure element. If your bank doesn't offer that representational number and PIN option it'll simply store your regular number, perhaps with a warning that your bank sucks monkey balls (scientifically speaking, of course). :D
[quote name="SolipsismX" url="/t/182701/more-evidence-of-apple-pay-surfaces-in-latest-ios-8-1-beta-release-u#post_2614644"] I'm guessing it means that ?Pay will query those participating financial institutions to get a representational card number that it will store locally in the secure element. If your bank doesn't offer that representational number and PIN option it'll simply store your regular number, perhaps with a warning that your bank sucks monkey balls (scientifically speaking, of course). :D[/quote] But do you have to belong to those certain banks in order to use Apple Pay? I realize those 6 banks (and 5 upcoming banks) are huge... but there are hundreds of local and regional banks all across America. Seems like Apple will be leaving out a lot of users if they only allow a handful of banks.