This is according to Android Police, which posted a screengrab of a “Mobile Payment Update” note from a McDonald’s location. It states that Android Pay begins Aug. 26 and instructs employees that it will work the same way as Apple Pay works on their payment terminals.
A second McDonald’s memo, posted to Reddit, echoes the Aug. 26 date.
What calls the accuracy of this information into question is the mention in both notes that Samsung Pay will launch Aug. 21. It didn’t and isn’t slated to debut until September.
Android Police believes the confusion can be attributed to confusion with the Aug. 21 debut of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ device. Also, as Mashable notes, Samsung Pay did launch last week in the company’s home country of South Korea.
Android Pay is definitely in the offing, whether it’s this week or in the weeks to come. We’ll know soon enough whether the Aug. 26 date is real or not.
by Chris Morran via Consumerist
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