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Old 4th July 2022, 16:23   #1
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New Apple CarPlay feature allows car owners to make fuel payments from their dashboard

Apple showcased a new feature at their recently held Developer Conference, which allows car owners to pay for their fuel directly from their vehicle's dashboard.

The new feature is said to be part of Apple CarPlay's major software rollout expected in the coming months. As per reports, CarPlay users will soon be able to tap an app to navigate to the nearest fuel station and pay for the fuel directly from their car screens, skipping the process of having to tap or insert a card. The new feature is said to be part of Apple's push to turn a vehicle into a store for goods and services.

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Apple is yet to reveal any specific details of the technology. However, Dallas-based HF Sinclair, which has 1,600 stations across the US has already showcased their interest to use the new Apple CarPlay technology. Jack Barger, Sinclair's Senior VP for Marketing stated that the company is excited by the idea of having customers navigate to a Sinclair station and purchase fuel from their car screens.

This new fuel app though is just the latest in a number of such features offered by Apple. Reports suggest that CarPlay already has many open apps for parking, EV charging and even ordering food.

The new fuel payment feature is expected to be rolled out sometime in the coming months. iPhone users will need to download the fuel company's app on their phone and set up their payment credentials. Once the app is set up, car owners can tap on their navigation screen to activate the feature.

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Old 4th July 2022, 16:45   #2
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Re: New Apple CarPlay feature allows car owners to make fuel payments from their dashboard

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Apple showcased a new feature at their recently held Developer Conference, which allows car owners to pay for their fuel directly from their vehicle's dashboard.

The new feature is said to be part of Apple CarPlay's major software rollout expected in the coming months. As per reports, CarPlay users will soon be able to tap an app to navigate to the nearest fuel station and pay for the fuel directly from their car screens, skipping the process of having to tap or insert a card. The new feature is said to be part of Apple's push to turn a vehicle into a store for goods and services.

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Apple is yet to reveal any specific details of the technology. However, Dallas-based HF Sinclair, which has 1,600 stations across the US has already showcased their interest to use the new Apple CarPlay technology. Jack Barger, Sinclair's Senior VP for Marketing stated that the company is excited by the idea of having customers navigate to a Sinclair station and purchase fuel from their car screens.

This new fuel app though is just the latest in a number of such features offered by Apple. Reports suggest that CarPlay already has many open apps for parking, EV charging and even ordering food.

The new fuel payment feature is expected to be rolled out sometime in the coming months. iPhone users will need to download the fuel company's app on their phone and set up their payment credentials. Once the app is set up, car owners can tap on their navigation screen to activate the feature.

Source: Reuters

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Firstly they will release beta version 1.0 in US and later we would receive in India V. 3.1.1 with standard approvals from respective authority. Still I don't understand iWatch OS doesn't support WhatsApp and it has been escalated to Apple iOS development team and form. I got reply saying that : contact whatsapp customer Support
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Old 4th July 2022, 20:11   #3
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Re: New Apple CarPlay feature allows car owners to make fuel payments from their dashboard

A similar system is desperately needed for payments at electric car charging facilities. As far as I've seen, the payment systems in these charging facilities are suspect with transactions getting denied multiple times. Based on reviews I've seen, this problem exists in both Europe and North America with the only exception being Tesla with its inbuilt payment system. If the cars come with inbuilt payment systems - especially by Apple car play/Android auto, it should fix atleast part of the problem.
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Re: New Apple CarPlay feature allows car owners to make fuel payments from their dashboard

I suspect this could somehow tie in to ApplePay - which however isn't available in India yet. I use it in Dubai and it's and NFC based feature that lets you tap your phone like a contact less credit/debit card to make the payment.

I can see them implementing that in some way into CarPlay. It would really make life convenient. Would be fun to see if they can make it applicable to tolls as well.
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