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Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - iPhone - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - Suica

Deep Secrets of Apple Pay Express Transit

Apple Pay Suica on A12 Bionic iPhone XS/XR is different from other devices because basic FeliCa transactions bypass iOS and go directly to the Secure Enclave. You can see this […]

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EMV Express Transit Option Returns in iOS 12.4 Public beta 4

The temporary absence of EMV Express Transit in iOS 12.4 betas 1~3 has ended, the option has finally returned in iOS 12.4 public beta 4 (16G5046d). OMNY users in New […]

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Apple Pay Suica and PASMO Service Mode

Service Mode is a weird function that doesn’t have a counterpart on the Android Suica•PASMO side. The JR East Apple Pay Suica help page used to mention this. The iPhone […]

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Tweet of the day: I want my Oyster

Reports of the Apple Pay EMV Express Transit option coming to TfL in ‘coming months’ notwithstanding, it does nothing for the many TfL users who need to use Oyster. Oyster […]

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EMV Express Transit Still Missing in iOS 12.4 Public Beta

Just a friendly reminder that the EMV Express Transit option is still missing in iOS 12.4 Public Beta 3 (16G5038d). iPhone transit users who use TriMet or MTA should stay […]

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Thoughts on iOS 13 Apple Pay Express Transit

The iOS 12 release in September 2018 was a rough one for Apple Pay Suica users. It brought new problems like random gate errors, and left old problems, like unresponsive […]

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