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Apple Support
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Use Apple Pay for contactless payments on Apple Watch - Apple Support
When you’re shopping in an app on your Apple Watch, choose the Apple Pay option during checkout. Review the payment, shipping, and billing information, then double-click the side button to pay with your Apple Watch.
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Apple Support
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Make purchases using Apple Pay - Apple Support
November 12, 2025 - Your default card opens automatically. Scroll down to choose another card. Hold the display of your Apple Watch near the contactless reader until you feel a gentle tap and hear a beep. Want to see your recent purchases? Learn how to check your Apple Pay transaction history.
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Primarily use Apple Pay on my Watch
99% of the time use my phone rather than watch. Primarily because it’s it my hand already - I use my local grocery store’s app for a shopping list. Now if Apple notes came to the watch I wouldn’t need my phone in my hand for my shopping list at some stores like Costco. I thought I would use my watch more to scan into the gym, but the app I use to track my workouts is phone only so I can’t leave my phone at home or in the car. More on reddit.com
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Do you use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch?

There are two things you want to enable:

  1. Unlock with iPhone

  2. Wrist Detection

This will lock your watch when you take it off. Once you put it on and unlock your phone, then your Watch is unlocked also. Your watch will stay unlocked until you take your watch off again. You can freely use ApplePay on your watch without having to worry about putting in a passcode.

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Using Apple Pay
I used it a lot on my trip to New York. The subway has tap and go and using my watch was the easiest way to do it!! More on reddit.com
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Who uses Apple Pay with the Watch?
I religiously use my watch for paying More on reddit.com
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Reddit
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r/AppleWatch on Reddit: Primarily use Apple Pay on my Watch
March 7, 2025 -

When I am shopping in stores, I almost always use my Watch to pay at checkout. It’s become a natural reflex for me for payments now. Anyone else do this too? I thought I’d bring up the discussion because I feel like I rarely see others using their Watches to pay. I’ll even get comments occasionally from cashiers that will say something like - “I didn’t know you could use the Watch!”

If you primarily use your iPhone to pay in stores, let me know why. I’m genuinely curious to hear the benefits over the Watch!

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Tom's Guide
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How to use Apple Pay on Apple Watch | Tom's Guide
August 5, 2021 - Reminder: if you don't have Apple Pay set up on any of your devices, follow our guide to how to use Apple Pay. ... 5. If you don't have a passcode set up on your Apple Watch, the Watch app will ask you to create one as this is one of the requirements for using Apple Pay.
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Apple Support
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Set up Apple Pay on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Tap My Watch, then tap Wallet & Apple Pay. ... A new card or previous card: Tap Add Card, then follow the onscreen instructions. A card stored on your iPhone: Tap Add next to the card.
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Apple Support
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Use Express Mode with transit cards, passes, and keys in Apple Wallet - Apple Support
1 month ago - Tap Express Transit Card, select a transit or payment card, and authenticate on your Apple Watch with your passcode. You can select Express Mode for compatible cards, keys, and passes, including: ... Hold the top of your iPhone or the display of your Apple Watch near the contactless reader.
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Dummies
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How to Use Apple Pay Cash on Apple Watch | dummies
December 31, 2019 - If you’re setting up Apple Pay ... then follow the onscreen instructions. To enable Apple Pay Cash on Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, then tap My Watch→Wallet & Apple Pay....
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Apple Support
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Use Apple Cash on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Tap the Apple Cash card, then tap Tap to Cash. Enter the amount by turning the Digital Crown or tapping and . Tap Send, confirm the payment, then double-click the side button. Hold your Apple Watch near the recipient’s iPhone or Apple Watch. Continue holding the devices near each other until ...
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TechRadar
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How to use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch | TechRadar
June 22, 2024 - Here's where it’s accepted and ... 2 on an orange background (Image credit: Apple) Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and select My Watch then Wallet & Apple Pay....
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The Mac Observer
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How to Set Up and Use Apple Pay on Apple Watch: Full Guide
September 3, 2025 - You add cards through the Apple Watch app on iPhone or directly in the Wallet app on the watch, with some issuers requiring verification before activation. Cards are removed automatically if you unpair the watch or turn off its passcode.
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iMore
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How to use Apple Pay on Apple Watch | iMore
October 9, 2020 - Wait until you feel a gentle tap to confirm your payment. Push the Digital Crown to go back to your watch face. To use Apple Pay on Apple Watch, double-click the side button and hold the display near the contactless reader.
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XDA Developers
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How to use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch
October 24, 2023 - One of the best yet most underrated ... or debit card from a participating bank, you can pay for items by simply tapping the watch face on the reader....
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Lifewire
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How to Use Apple Pay on an Apple Watch
December 6, 2024 - Double-press the side button on Apple Watch and hold near the retailer's card reader to pay with your default card. This article explains how to set up and use Apple Pay on an Apple Watch.
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Clipper Card
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Apple Pay | Clipper
Clipper is the all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Wareable
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Complete guide: How to use Apple Pay and Wallet on the Apple Watch - Wareable
April 24, 2025 - To add a new card, follow the steps below and the prompts from your card issuer to verify your identity: Open the Watch app on the iPhone. Under ‘My Watch’, find and tap ‘Wallet & Apple Pay’.
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Forbes
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How To Use Apple Pay On Your Apple Watch
July 26, 2019 - Scroll down to Transaction Defaults and make sure the card you want to use is selected as the Default Card. If you don't have billing address information setup, you can set it here as well. If you want, you can skip Step 1 and set up Apple Pay cards directly from the Watch app. But I find it slower and those cards will only work on your watch, not when you double-tap the Siri button on your phone.
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CNET
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How to set up and use Apple Pay on the Apple Watch - CNET
April 21, 2015 - Apple Pay on the Watch is incredibly simple to use. All you have to do is double-tap the side button, select the credit or debit card you would like to use, and hold the face of the watch to the payment terminal.
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Victra
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How to Set Up Apple Pay: For All Your Devices
November 13, 2024 - Set Your Default Card: To choose your default card for payments, go to Wallet & Apple Pay in the Watch app. Double-Click the Side Button: To pay, double-click the side button on your Apple Watch to quickly access Apple Pay.
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AT&T
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Apple Watch Series 9 (41mm / 45mm) - Apple Pay & Wallet - AT&T
September 17, 2025 - 1. Quickly open the Wallet app by double-pressing the Side button. Note: You can use Apple Pay anywhere you see the Tap to Pay icon or Apple Pay icon. 2. Hold your Watch up to the contactless payment terminal.
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Macworld
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How to use Apple Pay on the Apple Watch | Macworld
December 23, 2023 - Just double-press the button underneath the Digital Crown, the same button you press once for the Friends ring and Digital Touch feature. Pressing twice will bring up your default Apple Pay card, with your other cards available too if you’d ...