Apple Pockets replace makes pay later si...

Purchase now, pay later companies have turn out to be increasingly popular lately, with firms like Affirm and Klarna providing plans immediately by way of the Apple Wallet app in the course of the checkout course of. Now, Apple is making them extra accessible and simpler to make use of.

Apple just lately up to date its Pockets app to allow you to arrange and handle purchase now, pay later (BNPL) companies earlier than making a purchase order (through 9to5Mac). Beforehand, to make use of a service like Affirm for the primary time, you needed to full all the checkout course of for no matter you are shopping for, choose the “Different Playing cards & Pay Later” choice, after which undergo the setup and software course of for it.

With the brand new Apple Pockets replace, you possibly can arrange and handle pay later choices within the Apple Pockets app earlier than making a purchase order for the primary time, making the checkout course of quicker. The change was noticed by Aaron Perris on X and might be discovered within the plus menu whenever you go so as to add a card in Apple Pockets, by choosing “Pay Later Choices.”

It is best to be capable of entry the characteristic now

The characteristic arrives simply in time for Apple’s iPhone 17 occasion

In accordance with 9to5Mac, this characteristic is already obtainable for Apple Pockets customers working iOS 18 and iOS 26. So, if you have not put in the iOS 26 beta and are ready for its official launch, you possibly can nonetheless use this characteristic with iOS 18 for now. Simply be certain your Apple Pockets app is up-to-date.

Once you faucet the brand new characteristic known as “Pay Later Choices” in Apple Pockets, it takes you to a menu the place you possibly can view the BNPL companies obtainable to you, and you’ll choose one to arrange and handle earlier than making a purchase order, so it is able to go upfront.

It is fascinating that Apple rolled out this characteristic simply earlier than its extremely anticipated “Awe dropping” product occasion on September 9, the place the iPhone 17 collection is predicted to be unveiled. This may be a approach for Apple to assist put together individuals for the brand new telephones to go up for pre-order quickly.

Both approach, it is good to see a easy quality-of-life characteristic like this added to Apple Pockets. With iOS 26 coming quickly, much more options are on the horizon for Apple Pockets as properly, equivalent to new options for boarding passes and the flexibility to extra easily track orders.