Apple and Île-de-France Mobilités introduce Navigo for iPhone and Apple Watch
Could 21, 2024
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Apple and Île-de-France Mobilités introduce Navigo card for iPhone and Apple Watch
Clients can add a Navigo card to Apple Pockets and easily faucet their iPhone or Apple Watch to journey the metro, practice, bus, and extra within the Paris area
PARIS Apple and Île-de-France Mobilités as we speak launched a simple, safe, and personal manner for patrons so as to add a brand new Navigo card to Apple Pockets and buy passes to journey transit within the Paris area. Riders can purchase passes from the Île-de-France Mobilités iOS app or straight from Apple Pockets, and use an iPhone or Apple Watch to faucet and journey. Moreover, starting this week, real-time transit info in Apple Maps is offered in Paris to assist customers navigate their travels all through town.
“Within the lead-up to what is going to certainly be an incredible summer season for the Paris area, we’re thrilled to deliver Navigo playing cards to Apple Pockets and supply Parisians and guests with an extremely handy and safe option to journey transit in Paris and discover town,” stated Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s vp of Apple Pay and Apple Pockets. “Customers will love the security, safety, and seamlessness of buying passes and using with a Navigo card in Apple Pockets on iPhone and Apple Watch.”
Add a New Navigo Card to Apple Pockets and Purchase a Transit Cross
Beginning as we speak, customers can shortly and simply add a brand new Navigo card to Pockets by opening the Pockets app, tapping the Add (+) button, choosing “Transit Card,” and following the directions. With a Navigo card in Apple Pockets, customers not want to go to a ticket merchandising machine or reload a Navigo card at retailers, as they will buy any go from the Île-de-France Mobilités iOS app or choose passes in Apple Pockets. Riders should buy t+, t+ decreased value, OrlyBus, RoissyBus tickets, and Navigo Day passes in Apple Pockets by choosing their Navigo card of selection, tapping the Extra (…) button, and choosing “Purchase Passes.”
Faucet to Trip with Navigo Card in Apple Pockets
Navigo playing cards in Apple Pockets permit for a simple and handy commuting expertise. Customers can simply choose their Navigo card from Apple Pockets and double-click the aspect button, or if they’ve Specific Mode enabled, a consumer can merely maintain their iPhone or Apple Watch close to a reader to journey transit in Paris with out having to unlock or get up their gadget.1 With energy reserve on iPhone, if a buyer’s gadget must be charged, they will nonetheless use it to journey transit.2
Safety and Privateness
Navigo playing cards in Apple Pockets take full benefit of the privateness and safety constructed into iPhone and Apple Watch. Navigo playing cards saved in Apple Pockets are non-public and safe, and Apple by no means tracks customers’ journeys. When clients add a Navigo card to Apple Pockets, the cardboard info is encrypted and securely saved within the Safe Aspect, an industry-standard, licensed chip designed to retailer the data safely on the gadget. If a consumer’s iPhone or Apple Watch is misplaced, the proprietor of the gadget can promptly use the Discover My app to lock and assist find the gadget.
Actual-Time Transit Updates in Apple Maps
Additionally starting this week, real-time transit info is offered in Apple Maps for the Paris metro, RER, Paris tramway, RATP buses, and extra. With real-time transit in Maps, customers in Paris can see detailed schedules, dwell departure and arrival occasions, and system connections to assist plan a journey. Apple Maps will now additionally provide customers in Paris essential real-time transit info similar to outages and delays.
About Apple
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- Specific Mode requires iPhone XR or later, or Apple Watch Collection 6 or later. Just one Navigo card might be enabled with Specific Mode at a time. Extra playing cards should be manually chosen.
- Energy reserve is offered on iPhone XR or later. Specific Mode turns into unavailable when the gadget is powered off.
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