Till now, Samsung pay was able to pay for the groceries and services you purchased in the real world thanks to its technology called as Magnetic Secure Transmission. It could replicate your credit card to complete the payment and works at most retailers without any need for special equipment such as an NFC terminal that is essential for apple pay.
Now Samsung is adding the ability to shop online with Samsung pay. This will mostly work through the retailer’s app such as the amazon app or best buy app. Soon you can choose the item that you want to purchase and select the Samsung pay option in the retailer app. Samsung pay app will fire up and you just need to choose the credit card that you want to make a payment through and place the finger on the sensor to complete the payment.
This service is already present in the apple pay and android pay services. Though Samsung is adding this ability a bit late, this will be an essential step for making a contact less online payment possible next year. But Samsung also indicated that with the in app shopping ability, it also wants to add the facility to shop through a browser like the method PayPal uses to make a payment.
Samsung is going all out to make its mobile payment service a hit among the users. To get as many people as possible on board, Samsung is offering a $50 credit when you activate Samsung pay and it has plans to include Samsung pay in the low cost handsets. The Samsung pay has recently added the ability to add gift cards to this service and almost 50 retailers have pledged their support.
