20-Apr-18, abacus
Apple will now allow Siri to support voice commands for Alibaba’s Alipay - in a tacit acknowledgement that local players are miles ahead when it comes to payments in China.
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Image: South China Morning Post
It means users will be able to tell Siri to open the Alipay payment screen directly, instead of having to tap open the app and then navigate to the page.
The move is a big departure for Apple, which has been pushing its Apple Pay product in China’s booming mobile payment market - worth a staggering 50 times the size of the US market.