Accept payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
You can use Tap to Pay on iPhone or Tap to Pay on Android to accept contactless credit cards or debit cards and all digital wallets without the need for payment hardware. To accept swipe or PIN payments, switch to another paired card reader. Tap to Pay on iPhone and Tap to Pay on Android comes included with every Shopify plan and transactions are subject to your in-person credit card rates from Shopify Payments.
On this page
- Requirements for using Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
- Activate Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android for Shopify POS
- Pair Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android on additional devices
- Accept payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
- Unpair Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android from your POS devices
- Disconnect Tap to Pay on iPhone or change your Apple ID
- Troubleshoot Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
Requirements for using Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
iPhone
To use Tap to Pay on iPhone, you need to meet the following requirements:
- Your store needs to be based in the United States.
- You need to have Shopify Payments activated as your store's payment provider.
- You need to have the Point of Sale sales channel installed in your Shopify admin.
- You need to have the Shopify POS app installed on your iPhone.
- You need to have an internet connection.
- You need to have an iPhone XS or newer that's running iOS 16.7 or higher.
- You need to meet all of the Device requirements for Shopify POS hardware for iPhone.
Android
To use Tap to Pay on Android, you need to meet the following requirements:
- Your store needs to be based in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, or the United Kingdom.
- You need to have Shopify Payments activated as your store's payment provider.
- You need to have the Point of Sale sales channel installed in your Shopify admin.
- You need to use the Shopify POS app installed on your Android device.
- Your POS app needs to be on 9.19.0 or higher version.
- You need to have an internet connection.
- Your Android device needs to be on the Android 11 or higher version.
- Your Android device needs to have the NFC (Near Field Communication) setting turned on.
- You need to meet all of the Device requirements for Shopify POS hardware for Android.
Activate Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android for Shopify POS
If you use Tap to Pay on iPhone, then you must have the Manage payment settings permission to activate Tap to Pay on iPhone for your store. If you use Tap to Pay on Android, then you don't need the Manage payment settings permission to activate Tap to Pay on Android.
The first time you set up Tap to Pay on iPhone, you need to accept Apple's terms of service with your Apple ID. The Apple ID must belong to you or your business. The Apple ID can be changed later.
After you complete this first activation, Tap to Pay on iPhone is available to pair on any iPhone logged into Shopify POS under your store's account, at any of your locations.
Steps:
iPhone
- From the Shopify POS, tap ≡ > Settings > Set up hardware.
- Select Tap to Pay on iPhone, and then tap Next.
- Verify the Apple ID and select your Apple ID:
- Tap Continue with This Apple ID to use your current Apple ID or tap Use a Different Apple ID to select a different Apple ID.
- Accept Apple's terms of service.
- Tap Done.
Tap to Pay on iPhone is activated for your store and your iPhone is ready to accept payments.
Android
- From the Shopify POS, tap ≡ > Settings > Set up hardware.
- Select Tap to Pay on Android, and then tap Next.
- Tap Done.
Tap to Pay on Android is activated for your store and your Android is ready to accept payments.
Pair Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android on additional devices
After you activate Tap to Pay on iPhone, additional iPhones logged into your Shopify POS account can pair with Tap to Pay on iPhone without having to enter an Apple ID or accept the terms of service.
You can activate Tap to Pay on Android on additional devices without needing to configure it on one device first.
Steps:
iPhone
- From Shopify POS, tap ≡ > Settings > Set up hardware.
- Select Tap to Pay on iPhone, and then tap Next.
- Tap Done.
Android
- From Shopify POS, tap