UNITED STATES: As per the recent reports, Apple Pay may finally be supported by Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox with iOS 16.
According to a tweet from MacRumors writer Steve Moser, Apple Pay works with Edge and Chrome on iOS 16 beta 4.
In Moser’s screenshots, Apple’s checkout page when accessed using Edge has a “Continue with Apple Pay” button.
One cannot use any other browser to make online purchases with Apple Pay because it only functions in Safari on iOS 15 and older.
Moser’s finding doesn’t mention Firefox, but prior to iOS 16 beta 4’s general release, other users found that it supported Apple Pay.
Apple Pay is a method of payment that is available in iOS 16 beta 2 when using Firefox. Another person using iOS 16 beta 3 has claimed that he was able to utilise Apple Pay on Firefox as well.
When and which browsers were added to Apple Pay’s list of supported services are still unknown.
However, the most recent macOS beta still does not support Apple Pay. This is probably since according to Apple’s specifications, Chrome, Edge, and Firefox all use Safari’s rendering engine, WebKit, on iOS.
We might not see support for Apple Pay outside of Safari on Macs any time soon since third-party browsers are free to utilise their engines on macOS.
Apple’s reversal on iOS may be connected to the European Union’s plans to tighten down on the anticompetitive behaviour of big companies.
To encourage competition with smaller businesses, the Digital Markets Act, which is expected to take effect in the spring of 2023, puts a set of regulations on major corporations like Apple, Meta, and Google.
The proposed rule explicitly targets businesses that require app developers to use their own rendering engine, according to a draught seen by The Register.
Apple spent millions of dollars paying to comply with the Netherlands’ limits on in-app payment systems in Dutch dating apps, so this shift may be seen as a sign that the business is at least attempting to bend to the new regulations.
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