Using Fitbit Pay with the Fitbit Ionic is very convenient, however a lot of terminals do not offer Apple Pay (which uses the same technology as Fitbit Pay). My brother has a Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, and is able to use Samsung Pay, which uses MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission). Basically, MST sends a magnetic pulse to a terminal, emulating a card swipe, meaning you can pretty much use your S3 and/or certain compatible devices with most anything that requires a card swipe!
Will the next version of Fitbit (I’m assuming because of hardware limitations the Fitbit Ionic only utilizes NFC) offer MST? Would there also be a possible timeline for which this will occur?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. - I’ll be posting this in the Ionic subforum as well.
Moderator Edit: Clarified subject
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