Users can now use their iPhone and Apple Watch to ride the train, subway, bus and more.
Apple has officially announced that iPhone and Apple Watch users in Paris will be able to count on a very interesting new feature to pay for public transport. From today, May 22, 2024, it will be possible add a Navigo card in the Apple Wallet system pay directly with iPhone and Apple Watch.
This is an Apple Pay initiative that we have been waiting for many years in USA and which, at the moment, is not yet available in any city in our country except the Madrid EMT. East a much more comfortable and safe method of using public transport. Just swipe your cell phone and voila, you can go to the metro station, get on the bus or take the train.
The introduction of public transport cards in Apple Wallet has arrived via Île-de-France Mobilities and just in time for summer, when many tourists will be able to benefit from this solution to use public transport more comfortably.
It is now possible to use the iPhone and Apple Watch to use public transport in Paris
Paris already accepts public transport payments via an iPhone or Apple Watch. Passengers on trains, metros, buses and others will no longer need to go to a tobacconist to buy trips with their card or use a train or metro ticket machine.
The only thing you’ll need to use public transportation is your iPhone.
Passengers will be able to recharge their trips directly on their iPhone
Starting today, as Apple announced in a press release, iPhone and iPad users will be able to buy your trips directly from the Apple Wallet app or in the official Île-de-France Mobilités application.
Users will be able to easily select their Navigo card in Apple Wallet and double-tap the side button, or if they have Express Mode enabled, a user will be able to hold their iPhone up to a reader without having to unlock or turn on the device.
Even if the iPhone runs out of battery, Parisian users will have up to 5 hours to continue using it to pay for public transport. On the other hand, Apple also announced that it would integrate Real-time traffic information in Apple Maps in the Paris region.
This feature allows users to access details like delays, arrival times, transfer options and more directly from Apple Maps, which with iOS 18 will also include custom routes to set the specific path to borrow.
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