Walmart is giving shoppers something they've wanted for years: Apple Pay

Walmart shoppers tin now interest little astir forgetting their wallets successful the car.

The institution said Friday that it will statesman adding tap-to-pay options to its checkout stations astatine US stores and Sam's Club warehouses, starting August 24 done the remainder of the year. Fuel stations will beryllium upgraded by mid-2027.

This intends that shoppers tin now usage their "eligible contactless card, phone, aliases smartwatch," and a spokesperson confirmed this includes options for illustration Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Walmart has agelong been a holdout to NFC-based payments, opting alternatively for its proprietary Walmart Pay app and Scan and Go app features for contactless payments.

The rumor went viral past twelvemonth erstwhile YouTuber MrBeast was flummoxed by the deficiency of a pat option.

"Younger consumers successful peculiar are truthful utilized to utilizing Apple Pay and tap-to-pay pinch their phones that they're coming to expect it," Emarketer main unit expert Sky Canaves told Business Insider astatine the time. (Emarketer is owned by Axel Springer, Business Insider's genitor company.)

Now it looks for illustration Walmart has had a alteration of heart.

"It each comes backmost to giving customers and members much prime and making mundane shopping a small easier," the institution said.

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