Asrumored last month , Apple updated its Apple Store iOS app on Thursday , expanding its in - memory board pickup arm original program to all of its U.S. retail localisation and add a new EasyPay feature of speech that lets client bribe some item simply by scanning their barcodes .
Apple ’s goal has always been to simplify the retail experience , and the raw Apple Store app is no elision . Now , if you buy a product through the applications programme , you ’ll be given a novel option at check-out procedure : “ Pick up this item . ” tap that will prompt you to select a nearby Apple Store , and will even let you know whether or not the detail is in stock . In most case , Apple says , in - stock items can be piece up with an hour . ( Apple was previously permit in - store pickup at a small number of positioning for rescript placed on its website ; that feature now leave you to pick up at any U.S. store as well . )
If an item is not usable immediately , the app will give you an estimation of when you could beak it up . For example , I configure a Mac miniskirt with build - to - order options for processor , memory , and memory and was told that it would be useable at any of the three close Apple Stores on November 22 . ( By comparing , I was told the same theoretical account would ship directly to me within 2 to 4 solar day . )
Should you already be in a store , Apple ’s new app also makes it well-situated to buy select add-on with the new EasyPay feature . Using your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S , you may scan the barcode on a product , which will provide you with information about it ( specs , ratings , review , etc . ) , and then enter with your Apple ID and pay for it using the same credit menu that ’s linked to your iTunes account . After that , you’re able to take your detail and take the air right out of the depot . Receipts for items you ’ve purchased via EasyPay are uncommitted under the app ’s More pill , just in case the security guard is n’t convinced .
In addition to these features , the new Apple Store app also now lets you view the condition of current and old orders , including tracking embark orders , in the More lozenge . And there ’s now external supporting for Canada and China , though in - computer memory pickup and EasyPay are presently support in the U.S. only .
The Apple Store app is free and require a machine running iOS 4.2 or subsequently ; though it runs on an iPad , it still miss a native user interface for Apple ’s pill .
