Apple continues to think about how to improve our life in the car. During the last WWDC 2022, it announced several new features for CarPlay that promise to revolutionize the car dashboard. Of course, he was careful not to mention one of the most interesting: the one CarPlay will allow us to directly pay for gas without getting out of the car with iOS 16.
iOS 16 and CarPlay to pay for gas, a first in the United States
Apple has its eye on purchases from the dashboard, as reported by Reuters. And expect users can pay when refueling their car directly from CarPlay. No need to insert cards or enter the gas station to pay.
Apple already works with at least one gas station chain in the United States. HF Sinclair has more than 1,600 service stations across the country and plans to roll out CarPlay support In the coming months. The view is set for fall, coinciding with the launch of iOS 16, so more gas stations are expected to join the CarPlay system.
We hope this feature will quickly cross borders and arrive in our country as soon as possible
The operation consists of downloading an iPhone application. In her, You must enter billing information for your payments at the gas station via CarPlay. Once done, the new application will appear in the CarPlay system and we can use it to pay for refueling.
Refueling pumps in the United States have an integrated point of sale that allows you to pay directly on the spot. You insert the card into the machine, fill it up and the exact amount is deducted from your account. Some stations integrate Apple Pay at the pump, to speed up the process. But with this change, CarPlay would allow us to pay from the car itself since iOS 16.
