There are actually quite a few signs that Square may soon be opening a similar “Tap to Pay” feature for merchants on Android. After all, most Android phones are equipped with NFC capabilities and Android has a more open API for developers to use NFC. Feeling curious after the announcement, our APK Insight team took a closer look at the latest beta version of Square’s Point of Sale app for merchants to see if an Android version could be on the horizon. This allows any registered Square merchant to accept payments from contactless cards as well as other mobile devices with services like Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and Samsung Pay.įor now, though, the company has only discussed the feature in the context of iPhones and iPads, using Apple’s Tap to Pay features. This morning, Square formally launched a new feature that takes advantage of the “Tap to Pay” capabilities of recent iPhones. We’ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they’ll look in the case that they do ship. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Square appears to be preparing to allow merchants with Android devices to accept “Tap to Pay” contactless NFC payments without a dedicated card reader.Ībout APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store.
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