I saw it at the 33rd street 6 train station the other day. I wonder how they integrate the current monthly card to iOS.
You see this everywhere, for instance at a supermarket checkout, I already have my card in my hand to pay, lots of people only take it out when asked to pay, time lost.
The Netherlands has a Public Transport Card for the whole country, the EU should force Apple to open up NFC.
I saw it at the 33rd street 6 train station the other day. I wonder how they integrate the current monthly card to iOS.
Tokyo transit system doesn’t use Apple Pay last I checked. Uses Suica on iPhone, which uses the FeLiCa (NFC) chip. Apple Pay would be far to slow to allow the mass of transit users to pass efficiently. Suica/FeLiCa much much quicker, and has express mode (no need to authenticate each time). You can reload your Suica from Apple Pay, but author seems to be confusing the two.
Yes you are.snip...Everytime there is a news article about Apple Pay expanding in the USA i dont understand whats happening. Here in the UK, everywhere accepts it and it seemed to happen overnight. I can literately use Apple Pay for any purchase at any store. The only thing that took a while was the abolishing of the £30 limit Why is the USA slow? Am I missing something?
To elaborate further on Lunarworks above comment:The US has a few thousand individual regional banking institutions of varying size and importance. Most other developed nations tend to have a much smaller number of national banks.
This."that means double-pressing the home button or side button, authenticating with Touch ID or Face ID, and holding the iPhone near the card reader."
This takes too long. I know it seems fast, but I've been in NYC and ridden the subway quite a few times and it's a constant flow of people through the turnstiles, each person swiping their card through as they're walking.
If there's any kind of delay, like having to satisfy FaceID or wait for TouchID, it's going to slow things down and people will get pissed. Nevermind that TouchID doesn't work with gloves on and NYC has winter, and FaceID doesn't always read correctly.
If I were a New Yorker I wouldn't bother with using my phone and just get the Contactless MetroCard equivalent they're no doubt going to offer.
Forcing Apple to accept free implementation of NFC for certain public use cases (scanning passports, public transit) would be great though.
technically, since it uses FeliCa and all new iPhones are FeliCa enabled (even outside Japan), one could hope for Octopus to be integrated the same way it works in Japan...Hong Kong is still stuck with the octopus card.
"that means double-pressing the home button or side button, authenticating with Touch ID or Face ID, and holding the iPhone near the card reader."
This takes too long. I know it seems fast, but I've been in NYC and ridden the subway quite a few times and it's a constant flow of people through the turnstiles, each person swiping their card through as they're walking.
If there's any kind of delay, like having to satisfy FaceID or wait for TouchID, it's going to slow things down and people will get pissed. Nevermind that TouchID doesn't work with gloves on and NYC has winter, and FaceID doesn't always read correctly.
If I were a New Yorker I wouldn't bother with using my phone and just get the Contactless MetroCard equivalent they're no doubt going to offer.
You double click to pre authenticate and then hold the phone next to the turnstile. Shouldn’t be any worse than swiping a metro card."that means double-pressing the home button or side button, authenticating with Touch ID or Face ID, and holding the iPhone near the card reader."
This takes too long. I know it seems fast, but I've been in NYC and ridden the subway quite a few times and it's a constant flow of people through the turnstiles, each person swiping their card through as they're walking.
If there's any kind of delay, like having to satisfy FaceID or wait for TouchID, it's going to slow things down and people will get pissed. Nevermind that TouchID doesn't work with gloves on and NYC has winter, and FaceID doesn't always read correctly.
If I were a New Yorker I wouldn't bother with using my phone and just get the Contactless MetroCard equivalent they're no doubt going to offer.
No it does not take too long, the UK has had this in London for years now
Wow, really.![]()
You double click to pre authenticate and then hold the phone next to the turnstile. Shouldn’t be any worse than swiping a metro card.
maybe apple pay will give the mta a jumpstart on a makeover...)
This is a very welcome use of Apple Pay.
I wonder if you can buy a transit pass online and use it like an airline boarding pass?
If Express Transit is not supported from Day 1, this will be a complete disaster in NYC. People will be murdered for slowing up the turnstiles.
That's a bit extreme...
"that means double-pressing the home button or side button, authenticating with Touch ID or Face ID, and holding the iPhone near the card reader."
This takes too long. I know it seems fast, but I've been in NYC and ridden the subway quite a few times and it's a constant flow of people through the turnstiles, each person swiping their card through as they're walking.
If there's any kind of delay, like having to satisfy FaceID or wait for TouchID, it's going to slow things down and people will get pissed. Nevermind that TouchID doesn't work with gloves on and NYC has winter, and FaceID doesn't always read correctly.
If I were a New Yorker I wouldn't bother with using my phone and just get the Contactless MetroCard equivalent they're no doubt going to offer.
That'll only make the MTA worse, use last generations trains, not admit to any problems, and charge piecemeal subscription prices for everyone, from the average commuters to advitisers.
"that means double-pressing the home button or side button, authenticating with Touch ID or Face ID, and holding the iPhone near the card reader."
This takes too long. I know it seems fast, but I've been in NYC and ridden the subway quite a few times and it's a constant flow of people through the turnstiles, each person swiping their card through as they're walking.
If there's any kind of delay, like having to satisfy FaceID or wait for TouchID, it's going to slow things down and people will get pissed. Nevermind that TouchID doesn't work with gloves on and NYC has winter, and FaceID doesn't always read correctly.
If I were a New Yorker I wouldn't bother with using my phone and just get the Contactless MetroCard equivalent they're no doubt going to offer.
Please no. I’m glad Apple still as a lockdown on NFC and it’s one of the main reasons Apple Pay is such a success over the mobile payment chaos on Android.
Forcing Apple to accept free implementation of NFC for certain public use cases (scanning passports, public transit) would be great though.
I am only guessing here, but I imagine you would be able to add your metrocard to Apple Pay. You might even be able to add two of them, perhaps one unlimited and a second single fare card.I did notice that they installed the new terminals at the 7 train Grand Central entrance over by 3rd Ave. If it doesn't support my unlimited card, though, I'll have to wait on usage![]()