Walmart has announced a major change to the way you pay at stores.

Starting August 24, shoppers at certain Walmart and Sam’s Club stores will be able to buy groceries using tap to pay.

Previously, Walmart and Sam’s Club stores didn’t support tap-to-pay technology. Now, all U.S. stores and clubs will have tap to pay as an option by the end of 2026, with plans to expand to fuel stations by mid-2027, the company announced Friday. It wasn’t immediately made clear which stores will implement the technology first.

Axios reported that both Apple Pay and Google Pay will be supported as tap-to-pay options. Customers will also be able to add eligible Walmart, Sam's Club and OnePay cards to their digital wallets.

In a Friday press release announcing the change, Walmart said, “We want customers and members to have choice in how they pay, so they can check out in the way that works best for them.”

“It all comes back to giving customers and members more choice and making everyday shopping a little easier — from how they manage their money to how they pay at checkout.”

Walmart is one of the last major retailers to implement tap-to-pay technology, as Axios reported that 85 percent of all retailers support Apple Pay. Previously, shoppers relied on physical cards or Walmart Pay, which required scanning a QR code.

Walmart has implemented several other changes in recent months.

Central Florida residents can now receive retail items in less than 30 minutes through a new drone delivery operation launched by Walmart and Alphabet-owned Wing in the Greater Orlando area.

The service currently operates out of Walmart stores in Apopka and Clermont, reaching more than 50,000 homes, apartments and local businesses.

“We measure success in minutes saved and life made a little easier in Central Florida,” Heather Rivera, Wing’s chief business officer, said this week in a company news release. “Whether it’s helping a family grab a quick lunch without loading everyone into the car, or delivering sunscreen to a visitor at their vacation rental, we want drone delivery to be a simple, seamless part of daily routines.”

Earlier this year, Walmart shared plans to open around 20 new stores and remodel 650 existing locations from 2026 to 2027. The wide-ranging initiative is meant to “make shopping faster and more convenient for our customers,” the company said in a statement at the time, and grow the brand’s massive 4,611-store footprint in the United States.

Better integration of Walmart’s app into shoppers’ in-store experience is part of the remodeling plans, too, industry news and analysis site Retail Dive reported.

The company did not say where the 20 new stores are located but did note one future superstore location — Celina, Texas. Four super centers have already opened this year in Eastvale, California, and three Florida cities: Apollo Beach, Jacksonville and The Villages.