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Can this do NFC/tap to pay? That's all I use my smartwatch for....
by billfor 8mo ago
Can this do NFC/tap to pay? That's all I use my smartwatch for....
- jsheard 8mo agoIt can't, and I wouldn't hold my breath for such a small company being able to navigate compliance for contactless payments. The Pebble does use standard watch straps though, so you could get one of the ones with a programmable payment chip embedded inside. If that's all you use your smartwatch for, you may as well skip the watch and get a payment bracelet or ring though. e.g. https://www.curve.com/wearables/ https://www.curve.com/wearables/
- Arelius 8mo agoExcept not in the USA. To bad the rings looks nice.
- jamesbelchamber 8mo agoI used to use Curve but they became really unreliable, especially when paying for public transport, so I just switched back to a normal card. Shame because you can get some nice watch straps with curve integration, which would neatly solve the missing payment feature on Pebble watches.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoSince this is hackernews, I'll point out that you can use a solvent to remove the card part of a credit card leaving only the chip plus antenna. Then embed in a new housing of your own design.
- ihaveone 8mo agoYa, and then attach it to the back of your watch...
- Rebelgecko 8mo agoYeah, Hornady makes a nice rubber thingy that you can slide onto a watch band with their RFID tag inside, but it's easy to swap it with a t5577 or whatever
- zikduruqe 8mo agoThis. I seldom leave the house with an iPhone, and my Apple Watch with cellular is my primary "mobile" device. I want to leave the Apple ecosystem as my devices age out, and the one thing I would love to have is an NFC ring or bracelet to replace my Apple Watch.
- apparent 8mo agoEric has said publicly this is not happening. Looks like he's making a watch that fits his use case, and since he always carries his phone that's not a priority.