Here's something online shoppers with iPhones and iPads can look forward to when they upgrade to iOS 8: using Safari to scan and enter their credit card details.
Enthusiast site 9to5mac.com said the Safari browser in iOS 8 can use
the phone's camera to enter credit card data instead of having the user
manually typing it.
"Website developers don’t
have to do anything to enable the feature, as Safari appears to
automatically detect when a credit card number is being requested and
presents the option to scan above the keypad," it said.
Presently, Safari allows users to select credit cards stored in its "Passwords" and "AutoFill," the site said.
However, the new feature adds a new option to select “Scan Credit Card” and snap a picture of the card.
"Apple then uses optical character recognition to input the number into the text field in Safari," 9to5mac said.
Other updates for Safari include a facelift in OS X Yosemite and the ability to request a desktop site and a tab view for iPad, it added. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
