s Take: As a frequent Walmart store shopper myself, I Walmart announced on Friday it will finally accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other tap-to-pay methods at its U. The retailer said Tap to Pay will sit alongside existing payment methods, including cash, credit cards and Walmart Pay. Walmart has put off adopting tap-to-pay for years, even though the vast majority of retailers accept it. consumers who made mobile payments at the register more than doubled between 2021 and 2025, and 70 percent of all mobile payments that U.