Up until today, I’ve used the Starbucks Card Mobile app for iOS to check the balance and reload my Gold Reward card. The only other functionality that I’ve found useful was the ability to easily find Starbucks stores, especially while travelling. However, today the app gained an entirely new feature, payments.
Today – Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – Starbucks launched their mobile payment option across the entire US. You can now use the Starbucks Card Mobile app in lieu of your physical card. While using the screen of my mobile device – versus a secure, wireless device-to-device communication – isn’t the ideal method for mobile payments, it still works quite well. The images below show you how the app is used for payments.
Touch to Pay
Click on the "Touch to Pay" to bring up the barcode
Scan Barcode
The POS scanner scans the barcode for purchase