ClipClip instal the new for apple1/26/2024 ![]() ![]() Imagine a Starbucks app that can only place an order, or a parking app that’s only designed to let you pay at your current location. For developers, there’s no magic to this-they have to make a smaller version of their app that’s designed for a very simple, straightforward interaction. The act of scanning that code or tapping that NFC tag results in my iPhone opening a URL which refers it to a specific item in the App Store-a miniature app built out of a tiny part of a larger app, called an App Clip. So in our great App Clip future, I’ll be standing in front of a parking meter, or sitting at a table in a restaurant, or standing outside a cafe, and there will be something for my phone to scan, whether it’s a QR code to photograph or an NFC sticker to tap or a fancy, circular new App Clip Code designed by Apple that’s both a QR code and an NFC sticker. Apple’s vision is that, someday soon, I’ll be able to tap my iPhone on top of that parking meter and be on my way. A couple of summers ago, I spent five minutes trying to download, install, and configure a parking app while standing on a sidewalk in Salt Lake City. That’s what Apple’s new App Clips feature, introduced this week and expected to ship with iOS 14, is supposed to solve. ![]() Our world increasingly expects that we’ll use apps to interact with it, but sometimes we don’t have the apps the world wants us to have. ![]() Apple’s conception of a table-specific App Clip Code at a restaurant. Note: This story has not been updated since 2020. Apple’s new App Clips: Tiny apps you run with a tap ![]()
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