Verizon Wireless today confirmed that it is enabling Samsung Pay on the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Note 5, and S6 Edge+ through a software update. "After the update, customers will be able to download and install the [Samsung Pay] app from the Google Play Store," said Verizon in an email to Phone Scoop. "The update will be pushed out to customers in phases this week." Verizon said S6 and S6 Edge owners can manually download the update via the system settings. Verizon's competitors have already enabled Samsung Pay on their Samsung handsets. The service supports both NFC and MST for mobile payments and is available at a wide range of retail locations. Samsung Pay competes directly with Android Pay on Android smartphones. Android Pay is limited to NFC-equipped retail terminals.


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