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Video demo: here’s how Samsung Pay will work in stores
June 18, 2025
Samsungtouted its upcoming mobile payment service as a key feature of theGalaxy S6, but close to six months later,Samsung Payis still not available anywhere in the world.
Samsungjust kicked off a limited trial of the service in its home market, but the full release is only expected this fall.
WithApple Payfully working in the US and now expanding to Europe, Samsung risks falling behind in a high-stake race that also includes Google’sWallet, which is set to be replaced byAndroid Paylater this year.
Part of Samsung’s problem is consumers generally don’t know what to expect from Samsung Pay, and if they do, they may not be convinced that the service is worth waiting for. While Samsung hasexplained how Pay works in a blog post from March, there’s nothing like an actual hands-on demo to drive the point home.
The video below, courtesy ofTimes of India, shows exactly what steps paying with Samsung Pay will entail. The good news is paying with your Galaxy phone seems as straightforward as using a card. You just swipe up from the home button to bring up the stored cards, pick the preferred card, authenticate by touching the fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button, and put the phone against the magnetic card reader or NFC module.
Compatibility withNFCand classic magnetic card stripe readers is what Samsung hopes will make Samsung Pay a hit. Unlike Apple Pay or Google Wallet, which require NFC, Samsung Pay will work with just about any old card reader. That means Samsung Pay will have a wide base of adoption among retailers from day one, circumventing the chicken-or-egg problem that holds back the adoption of NFC.
Samsung is expected to launch in fall in South Korea and the United States, with more countries to follow. With Samsungrumoredto throw a big launch event for theGalaxy Note 5and theGalaxy S6 Edge+in mid-August, there’s a solid chance we’ll hear an official announcement at that point.
Do you see yourself using Samsung Pay over the traditional cards? Would you consider buying a Samsung device just for this feature?
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