PayPal and Glance expand agentic commerce to 60 million devices

The rise of agentic commerce is expanding from mobile devices to ambient surfaces like smart TVs and lock screens. Through an integration between PayPal and Glance, native checkout capabilities are being embedded into the Glance ecosystem, which spans over 60 million mobile and connected TV devices, including Samsung Galaxy devices and Android TV platforms.

This shift toward AI-driven, background transactions introduces significant challenges for the financial and security infrastructure. Current payment systems are designed to verify accounts and credentials, but they lack a universal method to authenticate the authority of an AI agent to make autonomous decisions.

Experts note that as AI agents begin to shop and negotiate on behalf of humans, banks and merchants will need new ways to capture and verify intent. This requires ensuring that a transaction matches the specific mandate provided by the user, such as price ceilings or shipping constraints, and identifying which specific agent is utilizing the payment credentials.