Q: When will Discovercard work with Apple Watch & Apple Pay
I opened a Discovercard & bought an Apple Watch for the 10% cash back promo until 12/31/15. To date, Apple Pay w/ Apple Watch does not support Discovercard, but does work on the iphone6. I spoke w/ Apple support and they were unable to find an answer and said it was Discovercard's issue. I spoke w/ Discovercard support and they could not solve the issue and said it was an Apple issue. Discover says they are working to solve the problem w/ Apple but do not have a time frame when the issue will be solved. I now have a $600+ watch and a Discover card that has not lived up to the terms of their promo. I find it hard to believe other credit card issuers are compatible w/ Apple Watch & Apple Pay and Discover has dropped the ball. Time is running out on the promo, which incidentally doubles to 20% cash back for me because I'm a new card holder. When will this be solved?
Apple Watch, iOS 9.1
Posted on Oct 22, 2015 4:48 PM
After much frustration, I finally had this problem solved. I purchased the Apple watch from best buy and it came w/ the Apple watch os1. All the phone calls I made to Apple & Discover support never once told me that you need the Apple watch os2. I went to the Apple store and after trouble shooting, we downloaded the Apple watch os2 to the iphone6 and uploaded to the Apple watch. We paired the Apple watch and verified the discover card. Discover sends you a text for verification and once the code is verified through the app, the watch was ready for use w/ Apple Pay & Discover.
Posted on Oct 24, 2015 8:31 PM