Person-to-Person Apple Pay is about to make iMessage even more valuablePeer-to-peer Apple Pay is coming to iMessage, and it's going to make Apple's messaging platform even more valuable.
December 2, 2017: iOS 11.2 is out early but Apple Pay is still only launching next week
Apple pushed out the release version of iOS 11.2 early to fix a critical software bug. While the client-side code for person-to-person Apple Pay is included in the update, the service itself won't be launching until early next week.
Messaging has become a primary interface and platform layer in its own right. There's no telling how long that will last — if it's here to stay or if it's part of a larger transition towards multi-input "assistants" — but today it's used by people around the world not just for text chat but for an ever-increasing number of important transactions. Those range from things as emotionally valuable as emoji and stickers that share our feelings with friends, colleagues, and loved ones, to online orders and payments that get us food, rides, a...
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Person-to-Person Apple Pay is about to make iMessage even more valuable
