Express Transit Suica ruins the Apple Pay experience for using anything else. You want Apple Pay to work that way everywhere but it doesn’t. Most of the time we trudge along using Apple Pay Wallet with face mask Face ID authorization, although the Apple Pay experience on Apple Watch is […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - FeliCa - Maps - MIFARE - NFC - Touchless
iOS 15: A12 Bionic fine print features
Japanese media reaction to Apple’s WWDC21 Keynote was a big ‘meh’. Not surprising as many iOS 15 features won’t be available for Japanese iPhone users who are well acquainted with being a 1st tier market for selling Apple hardware but a 3rd tier market afterthought for Apple services. They also […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - NFC - QR Code Payments - Touchless
‘Say Apple Pay’ is going away
The success of Apple Pay lies in its consistent and well integrated UI that hides complexity from users. There are limitations however, and users are bumping up against them the more they use Apple Pay and the increasingly complex Wallet. This happens with fellow gaijin in Japan unfamiliar with the […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica - Touchless - Transit
UWB Touchless Express Transit and Apple Pay for iOS 15?
A recent sudden surge of hits from Hong Kong accessing my December 2019 UWB Touchless Mobile FeliCa post seemed odd. I dug around and it appears that Hong Kong MTR, like JR East, is making noises about incorporating UWB technology in next generation transit gates. iOS 14.5 added a new […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - Mobile Payments - NFC - Touchless - Transit
WWDC21 Apple Pay Wish List: new Wallet app
It’s that time of year again, to ponder the mysteries of Apple Pay, Wallet, PassKit and Core NFC in the next major iOS release. I wasn’t planning a list this year because all the things covered last year: UWB Touchless CarKey, QR Code Payments, etc., are still lurking in PassKit […]