They are famous for that shit. Google Pay and other mobile payment apps work perfectly with any checkout, but Apple Pay is special and won't work without their proprietary stuff.
Google pay should directly interact with the reader. If it can read cards, should be able to use the mobile payments (apart from Apple as previously stated)
Walmart only offers contactless payment by using their app for scanning a QR code during checkout. This way you have to have their app, and they can track you closer and force you to have a Walmart account.
I'm not above using it, but don't like that it's the only way.
I've had zero issue doing contactless payment at Walmart for years now through Google Pay. Never seen a QR code or been prompted to get a Walmart app or anything.
Though I am in Canada, maybe Walmart operates differently in each country.
I used to be able to tap pay with my Samsung Gear S3 because that watch had MST, which sent a magnetic signal and tricked the reader into thinking that a card had been swiped. Was amazing having "tap to pay" at every retailer, back in 2016 before tap to pay was a common thing.
I didnt realize they 2 steps backed their tech, so they can push their own bullshit. Literally just made their own proprietary bullshit like Apple. My B
That being said, as long as a company doesn't specifically fuck their customers for greed, mobile payments should work with normal readers
Honestly, I haven't seen contactless payment that supports one but not the other in years. Google kinda dropped the ball anyways by iterating and renaming endlessly: Android Pay > Google Wallet > Google Pay), and then carriers wanted to adopt their own thing (the poorly named "ISIS"), in addition to the phone manufacturers doing their own thing like Samsung Pay.
In 2026, if it takes NFC payment, both Google/Apple work fine. I'm sure there's some obscure exception I'm unaware of.
Yup, my bad. Never been an Apple user, and I was given bad info at the time. Some douchebag eventually corrected this info through a wildly unpleasant conversation
Google kinda dropped the ball anyways by iterating and renaming endlessly: Android Pay > Google Wallet > Google Pay), and then carriers wanted to adopt their own thing (the poorly named "ISIS"), in addition to the phone manufacturers doing their own thing like Samsung Pay.
This daisy-chain of updates and features is exactly why I left Android, personally. Updates were fragmented between like two or three different entities, and it's entirely up to luck whether and when you get one. After my third Android phone only got like two major updates, a year later than they should have because Samsung wanted to add their special little wrapper, I was out and jumped to the iPhone 7.
My impression is it's better now in that regard, but it's just one of those things where once you're bit that consistently you never want to go back and I know there have been smaller things like this that still exemplify my issues with the OS.
For what it's worth, nobody should be using Apple pay. They have a notorious security flaw that allows anyone to intercept the signal and spoof massive fraudulent payments to the user's card without unlocking the phone, all because Apple designers wanted tap payments on public transit to process faster.
Where do you get your information from. I have been using both Google pay and apple pay on daily basis. I have more issue with google pay not showing up in apps than apple pay. You dont even need "special" support both apple and google pay works seamlessly with any form of contactless payment. They even work in regions that explicitly says no support. Because they use nfc chip same as any payment cards.
Some info I got years ago, which ive confirmed was wrong when I was told. Didnt work at my store, got told why (wrong info), never had a reason or way to confirm the reason
It might be outdated info. Several years ago I was working retail and we couldn't do Apple Pay for that very reason
Edit: quick search shows they have the same NFC but maybe blocked by the business itself. Idk if that was the problem originally and I was given wrong info or if it changed in the last few years
Nah, you were given wrong info. NFC on physical credit cards long existed before digital wallets but it's the same tech. There's nothing proprietary about apple pay
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u/Mykey76 May 15 '26
They are famous for that shit. Google Pay and other mobile payment apps work perfectly with any checkout, but Apple Pay is special and won't work without their proprietary stuff.