Apple Pay is possibly at its most convenient on the wrist. A new survey backs that up, revealing that 61% of US Apple Watch owners have used the mobile payments service with the wearable.
While the iPhone version of Apple Pay does away with the need to repeatedly fish out separate credit cards, with the Apple Watch variant, nothing even needs to be taken out of a pocket – which, obviously, further speeds up the process. Instead, payment is made by simply double-clicking the wearable’s side button and holding the Apple Watch display up to the contactless reader.
Many Americans appreciate this improved convenience, judging from the enlightening results of a survey conducted by Fluent and looking into how the Apple Watch is commonly used in the US.
The report’s writer, Jordan Cohen, says that “the Apple Pay opportunity remains large”, pointing out that shopping is behind only fitness tracking as the use that Apple Watch owners primarily put their devices to – beside, of course, telling the time.
Cohen remarks that the 61% figure shows “room for improvement”, but also “a healthy number of users right out of the gate and should only grow with future releases.”