Samsung announced during its press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 5, that it will expand Samsung Pay to soon launch in Australia, Singapore and Brazil.
The three new countries will also join the U.K., Spain and China on the list of countries that will soon accept the company's mobile payment system.
It is not yet known when Samsung Pay will work in the newly added countries.
Samsung Pay first launched in the U.S. last year, using Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology instead of NFC. Samsung pointed out during the conference that Pay works in five times more places compared with NFC-only terminals. To use it, users open the app by swiping, secure it with their fingerprint and hover over the terminal to complete the transaction.
It's important to note that only those with select Samsung devices can take advantage of Samsung Pay, which works with most carriers and select cards and banks. A full list can be found here. Among the devices it works with are the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 active, Galaxy S6 edge and S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5.
