How to Pay with Your Apple Watch Using Apple Pay

Society evolves at the same time as the devices that most of the population have access to, but without a doubt, there are things that today remain unusual. Not only paying with the iPhone is a real convenience, but you can also do it without having to take the phone out of your pocket, if you have an Apple Watch you can also pay with your watch. In this post we explain everything you have to do to pay with your Apple Watch.

Apple Watch makes your life easier

The Cupertino company has always focused the Apple Watch a lot on health and sports, and the reality is that it is a device that, without a doubt, encourages you to be on the move during your day and that, on some occasions, will serve as motivation to users to add minutes of sport to their day to day, and therefore, gain in health.

Pay with Your Apple Watch Using Apple Pay

However, the Apple Watch is not only a watch focused on health and sports, it is also a device that will make your life easier, or at least, routine actions that will be easier for you to carry out. . The first example of this is the management of notifications or knowing who is calling you at all times if you need to take the iPhone out of your pocket, or also, being able to change the song directly from your wrist.

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To all this must be added, the great comfort that is to go shopping and without having to take out the iPhone or credit card, pay anywhere, as long as it has the option. It is something that a few years ago seemed that it could only happen in the cinema and that, today, it is a reality that makes the lives of many users a little easier.

First add the cards

Obviously, to be able to use this function on the Apple Watch, the first thing you have to do is add the card or cards that you want to use and with which, in reality, you are going to pay. To add each of the cards you want, follow the steps below.

  1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Press My Watch, then click Wallet and Apple Pay.
  3. If you have cards on other Apple devices or cards that you have recently removed, press Add next to the card you want to add and enter the card’s CVV code.
  4. For any other card, tap Add card and follow the instructions on the screen.

In some cases, the card issuer may require you to take more steps to verify your identity.

Añadir tarjetas Apple Pay Apple Watch

Select the default card

In case we add more than one card, you may have preference when making most of the payments for one of them, so it would be interesting if you select that card as the default card so that it is the one chosen by your Apple Watch by default to make all payments. To do this, follow the following steps.

  1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Press My watch, then Wallet and Apple Pay and then Default card, finally, choose the card you want.

So you can pay with your Apple Watch

Once you have configured your cards, you can use your Apple watch to make all the purchases you want, without having to take out your credit cards or your iPhone, more comfortable impossible. To pay with your Apple Watch you have to follow the following steps.

Pulsar para pagar Apple Watch

  1. Double click the side button.
  2. Scroll to select a card.
  3. Position the Apple Watch a few inches from the contactless card reader, with the screen facing the reader.

A slight vibration and a sound will confirm the sending of the payment information and when the transaction is complete, you will receive a notification in the notification center.

pago realizado Apple Watch

Delete the cards whenever you want

Deleting a card from your Apple Watch is really easy, you just have to follow the following steps.

  1. Open the Wallet app on Apple Watch
  2. Press to select a card
  3. Scroll down and hit Delete.

You can also do it from the iPhone. Go to the Apple Watch app and tap My Watch, then Wallet and Apple Pay, then the card, and finally Delete this card.

Possible problems that may arise

Obviously, as with all technological devices and processes of this type, certain problems may arise that you have to take into account when setting up your Apple Watch to make payments. The first problem that may arise is that you cannot add your card, this can happen since your bank may put restrictions or simply that the type of card you use is not compatible with this form of payment.

Another problem that may arise when adding the cards is that you do not have a security code established on the Apple Watch, therefore you will have to add a code before the card (s), however, add a code it does not make you have to enter that code every time you want to unlock your Apple Watch.

Finally, if when you are going to make a payment, the Apple Watch is not capable of carrying it out, first make sure that it is not due to a device failure and, later, check with your bank what has happened.

What happens if your Apple Watch is lost or stolen?

In case you are unlucky enough to lose or have your Apple Watch stolen, you have to follow the following steps that we detail below.

  1. Turn on Lost mode to prevent payments from being made with your Apple Watch.
  2. Log in to appleid.apple.com with your Apple ID and remove the apgo with credit or debit cards in the Wallet app. In the Devices area, select the device and click “Delete All” under Apple Pay.
  3. Call the issuing entities of your card.