Overview
- Apple’s new program sets a 15% commission on eligible mini‑app purchases, contingent on using App Store technologies and passing review.
- Eligibility requires integration of Apple’s Advanced Commerce API and Declared Age Range API, plus adherence to the Developer Program and App Review rules.
- WeChat said mini‑programs on iOS will support virtual payments and promised to provide developer onboarding to enable the new pathway.
- Bloomberg reported Apple and Tencent reached terms for Apple to process WeChat mini‑app payments at the 15% rate, a deal not yet publicly detailed.
- Tencent management said relations with Apple are strong and suggested a formal approval could follow, as analysts framed the move as a partial easing of the long-criticized Apple tax in mainland China.