Apple has announced that iPhone and iPad users in China can now use WeChat Pay as a payment method for App Store and Apple app purchases . WeChat Pay is the second most popular mobile payments provider in China , after Alipay , with an estimated 39.5 % market share , compared with Apple Pay 's 1 % for the first quarter of 2017 , according to Beijing research firm apple . Despite suggestions WeChat threatens Apple by reducing the iPhone 's competitive advantage , Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is “ looking forward to working with [ Tencent , WeChat 's developer ] even more to build experiences for our mutual users in China " .
Apple has announced that iPhone and iPad users in China can now use WeChat Pay as a payment method for App Store and Apple Music purchases. WeChat Pay is the second most popular mobile payments service in China, after Alipay, with an estimated 39.5% market share, compared with Apple Pay's 1% for the first quarter of 2017, according to Beijing research firm Analysys. Despite suggestions WeChat threatens Apple by reducing the iPhone's competitive advantage, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is “looking forward to working with [Tencent, WeChat's creator] even more to build experiences for our mutual users in China".