Faced with this reality, the mobile phone Alipay 'voice payment' vending machine quietly landed on the two sites of Beijing Metro Line 4, and will cover the entire line 4 next week.
Alipay recently released the world's first vending machine supporting sonic payment, which is also the first step in the technology of "sonic payment" in commercial retail. Last weekend, the "sonic payment" vending machines in Lingjing Hutong and Weigong Village of Metro Line 4 have been put into trial operation, attracting some passengers to experience. Mobile phone "Alipay mobile wallet" was opened by the Beijing Commercial Daily reporter. According to the prompts of the vending machine, the product was selected and clicked on the mobile phone software 'face to face' option. That is, when the confirmation payment button was displayed, the mobile phone was near the sensor and the voice of "the" "cheese" was made, the Beijing press chose the drink, and the whole process was less than 1 minutes.
According to Wang Yuming, director of Alipay wireless business development, Alipay has special acoustic modules embedded in these sonic vending machines, which can intelligently deal with the mobile phone's ultrasonic waves. 'This is the first time that sound waves have been applied to vending machines, improving their efficiency. Wang Yuming said that the ultrasonic wave transmitted by the acoustic payment is a series of randomly generated transaction numbers, which are valid for only five minutes. 'the content of the sound wave does not involve the amount, account number and other information, and even if someone records it on the spot, there is no need to worry about security. '
Jiang Wenjun, the head of the project operator and Beijing friend's Technology Development Co., Ltd., said that next week there will be more than 30 vending machines supporting Alipay's voice payment on all lines of line 4, and a series of experience activities will be launched.
Xu Haidong, a vending machine manufacturer and general manager of Qingdao easy touch, revealed that the cost of the vending machine supporting 'acoustic payment' is about 15% higher than that of the ordinary vending machine on the market, but it can solve the problems of counterfeit banknotes, change, bank exchange and counting cost of vending machine operators, and greatly improve the convenience. "After the pilot operation of the Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen subway, we will also enter the environment where users like technology companies and universities can accept it more quickly in the future. '
If it can be promoted, it will be of greater significance to the retail industry. "Sonic payment" is suitable for traditional commercial enterprises such as convenience stores, supermarkets and department stores. It is expected to solve the stubborn problem of queuing and optimize the shopping experience of consumers. "At present, many supermarket companies are trying more convenient ways of payment, but the phenomenon of queuing is still very serious. Even if credit card and prepaid card shopping can save the change changing process, it still takes time to print and sign the documents. Xu Haidong told Beijing Business Daily that it only costs several thousand yuan for supermarkets to introduce the "sound wave payment" system, and it is a one-time investment, which can help retail enterprises to settle accounts quickly.