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Apple Pay may come to third-party web browsers, but these terms apply – Times of India

August 1, 2022
Bharat Times

Apple allegedly bringing apple pay support To microsoft edge, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16. MacRumors contributor Steve Moser reports via his official Twitter handle that hefty pay Edge and . works with chrome In iOS 16 beta 4 update.
Moser also shared some screenshots that show the ‘Continue with Apple Pay’ option when completing a payment at Apple’s checkout page using the Microsoft Edge web browser. For those unaware, as of now Apple Pay only works with Safari on the web.
Sharing the screenshot, he mentioned, “Apple Pay Edge on the latest iOS 16 beta works in Chrome and I assume a third party browser. Apple Pay only works in Safari on iOS 15.

It’s important to highlight that Moser didn’t mention Firefox in his tweet. However, a Reddit user has already reported on Apple Pay compatibility with Mozilla Firefox when running the iOS 16 beta 2 update. The same has been reported by another user running iOS 16 beta 3. So, it would be safe to say that Apple is finally bringing Apple Pay support to third-party web browsers.
Moser has also confirmed that Apple Pay doesn’t work on Edge and Chrome in the latest macOS beta update. In a follow-up tweet he says, “It doesn’t work in Edge or Chrome on that latest macOS beta because I think it requires updating to the third party render engine whereas Edge and Chrome Safari’s renders on iOS.” use the engine.”
According to Moser, this feature is not available in the latest macOS beta because browsers on macOS are free to use their own rendering engine. Whereas, on iOS, Apple restricts developers to their own WebKit for the web browser. Therefore, it is possible that Apple may not extend Apple Pay support to third-party web browsers on Macs.
However, the sudden change isn’t just because Apple has a change of heart. cause may be related The European UnionBig tech companies have plans to penalize anti-competitive practices. The Digital Markets Act is all set to go live from spring 2023, which will bring a slew of new guidelines on large companies such as Apple, Meta and Google to promote competition with smaller entities.
Incidentally, Apple Pay doesn’t mind the arrival of third-party browsers on the phone. iPhone Users in India as a paid service are not available in the country.