{"id":91049,"date":"2025-05-10T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91049\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T21:30:08","slug":"your-ps5-now-natively-accepts-apple-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91049\/","title":{"rendered":"Your PS5 now natively accepts Apple Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As first reported by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/05\/09\/ps5-apple-pay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:9to5Mac;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">9to5Mac<\/a>, PS5 users now have a direct way to buy games in the PlayStation store with Apple Pay. When you purchase a game on your PS5 with Apple Pay, you&#8217;ll be shown a QR code that you can scan with your iPhone or iPad to complete the transaction from there.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, PS5 users had to go through the console&#8217;s browser or the PlayStation App on iOS to buy games with Apple Pay. The latest update is a simple quality of life upgrade for PS5 owners since most already have a credit card tied to their PlayStation account. However, Apple Card owners can more easily take advantage of their 2 percent cash back on Apple Pay purchases when buying PS5 games.<\/p>\n<p>Besides using a traditional card on file, Apple Pay joins PayPal as an alternative payment method. The Apple Pay compatibility on the PS5 was made possible through an <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/mobile\/apple-pay-now-works-with-third-party-ios-and-desktop-browsers-163048055.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:iOS 18;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS 18 <\/a>update that allows users to buy things on third-party browsers like Chrome and Firefox with a unique QR code. This change lays the groundwork for more Apple Pay implementation with other browsers and devices, including support for the PS4 in a later software update, as indicated by 9to5Mac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As first reported by 9to5Mac, PS5 users now have a direct way to buy games in the PlayStation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[1583,547,12,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-91049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-gaming","9":"tag-mobile","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114485672317061995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}