Uhambo lukaTim Cook lokuya eJapan kuleli sonto eledlule lusinikeze imininingwane eminingi. I-Apple izovula isikhungo sokuqala se-R & D eJapan ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, kodwa ngeke kube yiso kuphela, ngoba kulolu hambo lokugcina imemezele ukuvulwa kwesinye isikhungo esisha se-R & D. Lesi sikhungo esisha sizonikezelwa kunjiniyela wezobuchwepheshe bokufakelwa ukuze USiri uyeke ukusinikeza imiphumela yeSafari njalo uma sikubuza umbuzo ongahlobene nesistimu yokusebenza okuyo, noma ngabe yi-iOS noma i-macOS.
I-Apple imemezele ngokusemthethweni isivumelwano sokusebenzisana phakathi kwabafana abavela eCupertino naseFeliCa, uhlelo lokukhokha olukhulu kunawo wonke lwe-NFC olutholakala cishe ezweni lonke futhi ongathenga ngalo ezitolo, ukhokhele amathikithi ezokuthutha zomphakathi noma uthenge kumishini yokuthengisa. Ngokusobala, i-Apple ayikwazi ukwethula imodeli ekhethekile ye-iPhone yaseJapan eyenza i-Hardware ihambisane ne-FeliCa, ngakho-ke okuwukuphela kwendlela yokwenza lokho ngokuvuselela.
Ngokusho kwabasebenzi ababili abakhulu ezweni, i-Apple Pay izoqala ukuhlinzeka insizakalo ngo-Okthoba 25, usuku oluhlelelwe ukwethulwa kwe-iOS 10.1, isibuyekezo esiletha nokusebenza kwemodi ye-portrait ku-iPhone 7 Plus, futhi ihlanganisa isoftware edingekayo ukuze bonke abasebenzisi bamakhadi we-FeliCa's NFC ingakuhlanganisa lokhu ku-iPhone yakho.
Ukufika kwe-iOS 10.1 kungaphansi kokwethulwa kwe-Apple Pay eJapan, ngakho-ke uma opharetha bezwe bezwe bekanye neminye imithombo bevuma lokho ngo-Okthoba 25 olandelayo, amaJapan asezokwazi ukujabulela i-Apple PayLokhu kuzophinda kuqinisekise ukuthi isibuyekezo sokuqala esikhulu se-iOS 10 sizofika ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, njengoba kumenyezelwe embhalweni wokugcina.
