20.09.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Google Wallet client lands on iOS, missing a key feature

On Thursday, iOS devices gained yet one more way to manage your financial details, thanks to the release of an official client for Google's Wallet service.Available as a free download from the App Store, the app clocks in at a little over 8MB, and requires iOS 6.0 or above. Unfortunately, it doesn't come as a universal binary, which means that, if you want to access Wallet on an iPad, you are forced to either use its iPhone emulator or rely on the service's Web-based interface.No NFC? No problemAlthough Google Wallet has been available on the Web since 2011, a client for iOS has been a long time coming, due in no small part to the fact that the search giant originally intended to only provide the service through devices capable of supporting near-field communication (NFC) techn

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