PayPal iOS App Update Brings Siri Integration to Send and Receive Money

PayPal has updated its iOS app to include Siri integration with support for a variety of languages across 30 countries.

In a post on its official blog, PayPal announced that users of the digital payment service will be able to use Apple's voice-activated AI personal assistant to send and request money among friends and family.

With so many P2P transactions happening during such a busy season, we're excited to give our users an early holiday present: starting November 10, Siri will be integrated with PayPal. For iPhone and iPad users running iOS 10, making a payment has never been easier – PayPal users can now send and request money via a voice command with Siri. Simply say, "Hey Siri, send Bill $50 using PayPal." Voila! One less thing to check off the to-do list this holiday season.

The company says it expects the number of peer-to-peer transactions to increase over the holiday period, and predicts more than 17 million transactions in December alone.

Support for Siri-PayPal integration currently covers the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium (French and Dutch), Brazil, Canada (English and French), China, Denmark, Finland (Finnish), France, Germany, Hong Kong (Cantonese), India, Israel (Hebrew), Italy, Japan, Malaysia (Malay), Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia (Arabic), Singapore (English), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (French, German, and Italian), Thailand, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates (Arabic), and the United States.

With the launch of iOS 10, Apple opened up Siri to third-party developers for the first time by making a Siri API publicly available. Siri now supports a multitude of app types, including messaging apps like WhatsApp and ride-hailing apps like Uber.

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Top Rated Comments

Ptjones1968

106 months ago

Was thinking exactly the same.... there MUST be some authentication?
[doublepost=1478784817][/doublepost]OK, the phone has to be unlocked to authenticate the request.

Even so..... (searches how to disable it)

Settings>Siri>App Support

You have to turn it on... or leave it off

Exactly! Siri won't open apps unless you authenticate via Touch ID, it'll work just like ApplePay

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

now i see it

106 months ago

Using Siri to send money is utter madness. Go ahead & do it if you dare

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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