Amazon has lastly disabled its authentic iOS app for purchasers in India, and is now asking them to both change to its new ‘Amazon India – Shop and Pay’ app or use the Amazon.in web site to buy from their Apple units. The new change comes a number of months after the US e-commerce large positioned a splash display on its older iOS app encouraging customers to change to the brand new app that features help for scanning Unified Payments Interface (UPI) QR codes and join the Amazon Pay UPI service.
If you have already got the unique Amazon app in your iOS system, you may be taken on to the Amazon.in web site when you open the app. This signifies that you’ll not be capable to make any purchases by the present app.
Prior to the newest replace, the older Amazon app was exhibiting a splash display that was warning customers about its disappearance by saying, “Support for this app will stop soon.” The banner, nevertheless, included a button to dismiss the warning, which is not out there. Instead, the brand new change has changed that dismiss button with a hyperlink that reads, “Shop on Amazon.in website.”
Amazon’s outdated app was earlier exhibiting a dismiss button however is now giving a hyperlink to its web site
As per the small print offered by Amazon on its support page (accessible solely by cell units), the brand new change is aimed to “enhance the shopping and payment experience of iOS customers.” The firm has additionally assured clients that by switching to the brand new app, their current purchasing historical past, subscriptions, fee devices, and addresses will probably be routinely migrated.
An e-mail despatched to Amazon India for a touch upon the replace did not elicit a response till the time of publishing this story.
It is necessary to level out that references of the brand new Amazon app for iOS clients in India are there from as early as January. The new app additionally co-existed on the App Store with the unique one initially. However, Amazon finally hid the unique app from the App Store for purchasers in India and made solely the native model out there for obtain.
If you could have the unique ‘Amazon – Shopping made straightforward’ app in your Apple system, it is best to uninstall it as it’s of no use now. You can download its new model from the App Store, ‘Amazon India – Shop and Pay’. Alternatively, you’ll be able to proceed purchasing on Amazon by accessing its web site out of your iPhone or iPad.
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