Q: No transaction data when using Apple Pay on the Watch
Unless someone knows more than the nice person on the other end of the chat at Apple, it turns out that when you use Apple Pay with the watch, no transaction data is stored. I doesn't show up on the phone, and there's no place to look at it on the watch. Evidently this is how it's designed.
This really bugs me. I remember when Tim Cook (or was it Steve?) talked about Apple Pay, and how we'd have transaction data stored on the phone so we could see exactly what purchases were made and for how much. Now we get the watch and that that data -- when using the watch -- goes away? So, I guess I need to start requesting and keeping receipts for anything I pay for with the watch.
First rule of software design: Do the thing that surprises the user least. Well, I was really surprised about this. I hope they fix it quickly.
Posted on May 8, 2015 6:55 AM