Apple Watch Lets You Buy Vending Machine Snacks With Your Wrist

At Apple’s “Spring Forward” event today, the company disclosed huge news for their Macbook line, their foray into smartwatch production and the massive expansion of Apple Pay.

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, announced that Apple Pay is currently available for use at more than 700,000 locations, an approximate 300 percent increase since the beginning of the 2014 holiday season, and further development lies on the horizon. Chains like McDonald’s, Subway and Whole Foods jumped on the Apple Pay train immediately, but Coca-Cola and USA Technologies’ recent partnership is part of the substantial holiday growth.

USA Technologies, a company that provides wireless technology for vending machines, revealed that 200,000 new vending machines would be equipped with Apple Pay this year.

About 40,000 Coca-Cola vending machines currently accept Apple Pay and that number is expected to grow to 100,000 by the end of this year.

Taking Apple Pay to the Apple Watch increases the number of people who can use the service from just iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users to any user who purchases the watch. It is made to connect to an iPhone, but it’s still functional, regardless of your mobile preference.

In the near future, instead of seeing people frustratingly trying to straighten dollar bills, you can look forward to people shaking their wrists in anger as they kick a vending machine.