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Title: Starbucks's iOS app now lets you order ahead and skip the line Post by: HCK on August 02, 2015, 03:00:13 pm Starbucks's iOS app now lets you order ahead and skip the line
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Starbucks orders can get complicated: Getting an upside-down, two pump, nonfat Caramel Macchiato with light ice often requires yelling over the espresso machine and the person in line next to you.</p><p>If you have an iPhone, there’s a better way to place your drink order. You can do it all from the Starbucks app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starbucks/id331177714?mt=8)—complete with all of those customizations—and then pick up your beverage right at the counter. You pay for it in advance, too, so no need to even talk to the barista (besides saying “thank you,” of course).</p><p>I took the app for a few trial runs at nearby Starbucks coffeehouses and came away largely impressed. In fact, Apple could study what Starbucks has built here as a way to inject some smarts into Apple Pay and its upcoming Wallet feature in iOS 9. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2950702/ios-apps/starbuckss-ios-app-now-lets-you-order-ahead-and-skip-the-line.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Starbucks's iOS app now lets you order ahead and skip the line (http://www.macworld.com/article/2950702/ios-apps/starbuckss-ios-app-now-lets-you-order-ahead-and-skip-the-line.html#tk.rss_all) |