Scrolling through Apple wallet via the digital crown on your Apple Watch is good enough. But having to open up a bunch of different apps isn’t convenient.Over the past 2-3 years I have observed that most businesses and institutions are bound by their own investment decisions in security and e-commerce, not platforms. My work access - a small business - is incredibly low tech. My gym still uses bar codes like they’re an 80’s public library. My public transit system uses QR codes attached to an app, not NFC for me at least. The QR code system was only implemented last year so it’s gonna take time. We’re all going to be encounter a lack of standardization wherever we go, which only expands as we travel. In every case, cost is the driving factor.
As for the ease of use, scrolling with the Digital Crown among multiple options is pretty close to ideal if it isn’t using location sensing to determine my desired option.
Sure QR codes and barcodes are not as convenient as NFC due to the lack of auto summon, but at least all your stuff is in one place.
That’s the argument I’m making. It won’t remain like that, as things will become fragmented out across multiple app wallets.
Obviously, businesses and institutions choose a product to implement their e-commerce and access control systems. But those technological solutions have to integrate with android and iOS. Hence Apple should open up their native applications and provide better Api’s to have tighter integration with those solutions.
It’s not the business and institutions that integrate directly into the platforms. But the software solutions they choose to invest in that integrate with platforms.
I do this for a living. I just rolled out a Gallagher access control system last month for a Gas Plant and a HID door access system to a 40 story building last week.
The only way you can have Apple wallet integration is via a bunch of licensing hurdles, and end point user count restrictions.
This is completely unnecessary. Apple could open up NFC via Apple wallet irrigation but they choose not to, because Apple want a cut of the license.
Now that the EU is forcing Apple to start opening up access, Apple have chosen to be spiteful and not allow developers to integrate with their native Wallet solution directly. This allows people like PayPal to reinvent the wheel and have yet another fragmented app.
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