PayPay Corporation, a joint venture of SoftBank Group Corp., SoftBank Corp., and Yahoo Japan Corporation, launched PayPay for Apple Watch, enabling some of the PayPay app features on iPhone implemented on Apple Watch as of September 11, 2019.
PayPay for Apple Watch is an app that allows features such as the barcode payments and balance display to be used on Apple Watch. PayPay users can make payments by having the merchant scan a barcode or QR code displayed on Apple Watch.
The features available for PayPay for Apple Watch is scheduled to further expand.
＜Features of PayPay for Apple Watch＞ (as of September 13, 2019)
| Features | Smartphone app | Apple Watch app | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account | Account creation / cancellation | 〇 | ‐ |
| Link with external services | 〇 | ‐ | |
| Payout / Balance Management | Balance display | 〇 | 〇 |
| Payment history display | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Payment method registration | 〇 | ‐ | |
| Charge | 〇 | ‐ | |
| Payment | User scan | 〇 | ‐ |
| Store scan (barcode) | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Store scan (QR code) | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Send / Receive | Send PayPay balance | 〇 | ‐ |
| Receive PayPay balance | 〇 | ‐ | |
| My Code display | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Warikan | 〇 | ‐ | |
| Others | Store search | 〇 | ‐ |
| Volume adjustment | 〇 | 〇 | |
■PayPay App can be downloaded from App Store.
* Must be iOS 11.0 or later and watchOS 5 or later.
*“QR code” is a trademark of DENSO WAVE Incorporated.
* App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. TM and © 2019 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
* Other company names, store names and product/service names contained in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
