Google Wallet client lands on iOS, missing a key feature
On Thursday, iOS devices gained yet one more way to manage your financial details, thanks to the release of an official client for Google’s Wallet service.
Available as a free download from the App Store, the app clocks in at a little over 8MB, and requires iOS 6.0 or above. Unfortunately, it doesn't come as a universal binary, which means that, if you want to access Wallet on an iPad, you are forced to either use its iPhone emulator or rely on the service's Web-based interface.
No NFC? No problem
Although Google Wallet has been available on the Web since 2011, a client for iOS has been a long time coming, due in no small part to the fact that the search giant originally intended to only provide the service through devices capable of supporting near-field communication (NFC) technologies—technologies that Apple has, so far, refused to add to any of its mobile devices.
It seems that Google has finally given up on waiting any longer for the folks in Cupertino to change their mind, and decided to release the app anyway. Without an NFC chip, however, the software is missing one of its key features on Android devices: the ability to use your phone in lieu of cash or credit cards to pay for your purchases at participating merchants.
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