iOS 16 beta 4 finally adds support for Apple Pay in non-Safari browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, possibly in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act
but not on MacBooks Matt Swider / The Shortcut : iOS 16 shows Apple Pay in Google Chrome. Why it's a big deal for both users - and Apple Joe Wituschek / iMore : Apple Pay may soon work on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox Sanjana Prakash / Tom's Guide : iOS 16 — Apple Pay tipped for a huge change Mike Moore / TechRadar : Apple Pay may actually be useful for more users soon Jacob Siegal / BGR : iOS 16 might bring Apple Pay support to more browsers like Firefox and Chrome Florence Ion / Gizmodo : Apple Pay May Finally Work With Mobile Browsers That Aren't Safari Ian Carlos Campbell / Input : iOS 16 may finally make Apple Pay play nice with Google Chrome Rahul Srinivas / SlashGear : Apple Pay's Biggest Frustration Could Be Fixed In iOS 16 Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Apple Pay web support added to third-party browsers in iOS 16; likely antitrust response Sean Endicott / Windows Central : Microsoft Edge gains market share following Internet Explorer retirement Arnold Zafra / The Mac Observer : Apple Pay Works on Third-Party Browsers in iOS 16 Beta 4 Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : iOS 16 Beta Adds Apple Pay Support For Third-Party Browsers Laurent Giret / Thurrott : Latest iOS 16 Betas Add Apple Pay Support on Chrome and Edge Rida Imran / iThinkDifferent : iOS 16 beta 4 adds support for Apple Pay on Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers Matthew Humphries / PCMag : Apple Pay Works With Chrome, Edge Browsers in iOS 16 Beta Arif Bacchus / OnMSFT.com : iOS 16 beta 4 adds support for Apple Pay in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Macworld : Apple Pay may finally work outside of Safari in iOS 16 Mashable : Apple Pay is probably coming to Chrome on iOS soon Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : iOS 16 lets you use Apple Pay in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, not just Safari Mahmoud Itani / XDA Developers : iOS 16 beta introduces Apple Pay support in third-party browsers Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Google Chrome Users Could Soon Be Able to Pay With Apple Pay on iPhones Tweets: Steve Moser / @stevemoser : On the latest iOS 16 beta Apple Pay works in Edge, Chrome and I assume any third party browser. On iOS 15 Apple Pay only works in Safari. Steve Moser / @stevemoser : This doesn't work in Edge or Chrome on that latest macOS beta because I assume it requires the third party render engines to be updated where as Edge and Chrome on iOS use Safari's render engine. Maximiliano Firtman / @firt : Apple Pay probably works then on WKWebView with the browser entitlement 🤔 https://twitter.com/... @ishabazz : I may never get over how cool it feels to make a vending machine purchase using Apple Pay on my watch.
Context & Ripple Effects
Apple Pay’s web rollout began as a Safari-only feature on iPhone, iPad, and later Mac, with Mac transactions authenticated through an iPhone. The iOS 16 beta change breaks that mobile-browser boundary while leaving macOS outside the expansion.
The move follows growing European scrutiny of Apple Pay as the service expanded, and arrives alongside other iOS web-capability changes such as planned opt-in web push notifications. It makes browser choice less of a constraint on Apple Pay use on iPhones.
First-order effects
- iPhone users on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge can access Apple Pay on supported mobile websites rather than switching to Safari; MacBook users remain excluded.
- Apple broadens the reachable audience for Apple Pay web checkout on iOS without extending the same support to macOS.
Second-order effects
- Merchants that offer Apple Pay can serve users across more iOS browsers without treating Safari as the required route to Apple’s checkout option.
- Chrome, Firefox, and Edge gain parity with Safari for an important transactional feature on iPhones, while Safari’s Apple Pay advantage narrows only on mobile.
Third-order effects
- If Apple continues opening iOS web features across browsers, browser choice on iPhone becomes less tied to access to Apple-controlled services, weakening Safari’s role as the exclusive gateway to certain web capabilities.
- The change is a concrete example of regulatory scrutiny pushing platform owners toward more neutral access layers, even where the underlying payment service remains Apple-operated.
The trend: Apple is gradually reducing Safari-specific constraints around iOS web services as payment access and browser neutrality draw greater regulatory attention.