JR East announced the Suica Smart-Lock service for a December launch. The service is a co-venture that incorporates JREM who provide the cloud based ID-Port technology and ART, an access […]
iOS 15 Wallet region-free transit cards
In addition to Home Keys, Office Key and ID which will come with iOS 15.1 or later, Wallet App has some UI tweaks to help users wrangle their every growing […]
iOS 15 Apple Pay Wallet preview: the Express Mode difference
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Apple Pay China T-Union Transit Cards arrive with iOS 13.4.1 Update
Apple Pay China T-Union transit cards for Shenzhen along with an updated Beijing area card have been added for mainland China region users. It represents the first true release of […]