PayPal announces integration with Apple Siri on iOS

PayPal payment platform has revealed in a Thursday announcement that it has integrated with the well-known Apple Siri digital assistant on iOS.

According to the announcement, version 6.7 of PayPal’s iOS app now gives iPhone and iPad users the ability to send as well as request money with the help of Siri commands. As a result of the Siri integration feature, PayPal now joins Square Cash and Monzo in so far as the addition of Siri support for sending and receiving payments is concerned.

In announcing that iPhone and iPad users can send money to and receive money from their friends via voice, Apple said that the Siri integration feature is being rolled out with immediate effect to users in nearly 30 countries across the world.

The countries for which PayPal has announced integration with Apple’s Siri voice assistant on iOS are the US and the UK, as well as Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates.

The announcement of the new Siri integration by PayPal comes at a time when mobile transactions are recording a notable growth. The company said that a total of $41 billion was processed by it in peer-to-peer payments in 2015.