Abstract
- Apple Pockets has been up to date to make establishing purchase now, pay later (BNPL) companies simpler.
- The brand new function allows you to arrange a third-party BNPL service earlier than making a purchase order for the primary time with it by way of the Apple Pockets app.
- The function is accessible for each iOS 18 and iOS 26 customers.
Purchase now, pay later companies have turn out to be more and more well-liked lately, with corporations like Affirm and Klarna providing plans instantly by way of the Apple Pockets app through the checkout course of. Now, Apple is making them extra accessible and simpler to make use of.
Apple lately up to date its Pockets app to allow you to arrange and handle purchase now, pay later (BNPL) companies earlier than making a purchase order (by way of 9to5Mac). Beforehand, to make use of a service like Affirm for the primary time, you needed to full your entire checkout course of for no matter you are shopping for, choose the “Different Playing cards & Pay Later” possibility, after which undergo the setup and utility course of for it.
With the brand new Apple Pockets replace, you may arrange and handle pay later choices within the Apple Pockets app earlier than making a purchase order for the primary time, making the checkout course of sooner. The change was noticed by Aaron Perris on X and may be discovered within the plus menu whenever you go so as to add a card in Apple Pockets, by choosing “Pay Later Choices.”
It is best to be capable of entry the function now
The function arrives simply in time for Apple’s iPhone 17 occasion
In keeping with 9to5Mac, this function is already accessible for Apple Pockets customers operating iOS 18 and iOS 26. So, if you have not put in the iOS 26 beta and are ready for its official launch, you may nonetheless use this function with iOS 18 for now. Simply make certain your Apple Pockets app is up-to-date.
While you faucet the brand new function referred to as “Pay Later Choices” in Apple Pockets, it takes you to a menu the place you may view the BNPL companies accessible to you, and you may choose one to arrange and handle earlier than making a purchase order, so it is able to go prematurely.
It is attention-grabbing that Apple rolled out this function simply earlier than its extremely anticipated “Awe dropping” product occasion on September 9, the place the iPhone 17 sequence is anticipated to be unveiled. This is perhaps a manner for Apple to assist put together individuals for the brand new telephones to go up for pre-order quickly.
Both manner, it is good to see a easy quality-of-life function like this added to Apple Pockets. With iOS 26 coming quickly, much more options are on the horizon for Apple Pockets as nicely, equivalent to new options for boarding passes and the power to extra simply monitor orders.
