Microsoft Updates App With Tap and Pay to Compete With Apple
- Million-plus locations are set up for Windows 10 Mobile phones
- The service will also compete with offering from Samsung
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Microsoft Corp. said mobile-phone owners using the Microsoft Wallet app can now pay at brick-and-mortar retail stores by tapping their handsets on terminals at checkout counters.
The service will initially work in the U.S. with Microsoft’s Lumia 950, 950 XL and 650 devices at more than a million retail locations, the company said Tuesday in a blog posting. The app, made available through the Windows Insider Program, where consumers can preview upcoming features, will also store reward and membership numbers, so they could be scanned or viewed from the phone.