Apple’s announcements at WWDC opened the door to new inventions and considerations. Apple’s upcoming iOS 8 is going to remove all the barriers for the third party app developers, giving them more support and features. Now, the app developers can make customizable keyboards for iOS. This is not all, the app makers can also make use of Apple’s Fingerprint Sensor in their apps. This is because of the Touch ID API that will accompany iOS 8. PayPal is moving to incorporate the API!
PayPal, the popular financial payment service will hopefully the first to integrate Touch ID API in their app. The info has come from Business Insider. The developers at PayPal attended the session regarding Touch ID API in ongoing WWDC. The API seems fairly easy but well, it’s not. Here is what, PayPal sources says regarding the API,
It seems to be a fairly easy API to use, but we’re still kicking the tires
PayPal has got no words regarding the release of this feature. However, we can hope to get the support when Apple will roll out iOS 8 publicly. We are also hearing about Apple plans to bring some payment service in near future that will make use of Touch ID. However, it is not confirmed yet. We can hope PayPal mobile payment app to be the first such service to make use of Touch ID.
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