Edinburgh Trams and Buses Get Support for Apple Pay Express Mode

Support for Apple Pay's Express Mode has been added to Edinburgh city's tap-on, tap-off tram network and Lothian autobus services successful Scotland, enabling passengers to wage for question without unlocking their iPhone oregon Apple Watch.


The caller functionality went unrecorded a mates of weeks ago, and it comes aft a akin rollout successful August for Greater Manchester, the archetypal clip a UK integrated nationalist transport strategy has implemented Express Mode extracurricular London.

Apart from allowing users to wage for rides without having to aftermath oregon unlock their iPhone, Express Mode besides bypasses the request to authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, oregon a passcode. Users simply request to clasp their ‌iPhone‌ oregon Apple Watch adjacent the contactless outgo scholar until a checkmark appears connected the display.

In the Apple Wallet app, users tin acceptable a debit oregon recognition paper arsenic their default transit enactment nether "Express Travel Settings." When Express Mode is turned on, they lone request to clasp their iPhone oregon Apple Watch adjacent a transit scholar to wage – nary Face ID, Touch ID, oregon passcode required.


For astir people, the paper already acceptable arsenic their default outgo method successful Wallet volition automatically beryllium utilized for Express Mode, but this tin beryllium changed anytime successful Settings.

Express Mode is disposable successful large cities worldwide, including London, New York, Beijing, Tokyo, and Sydney.

(Thanks, Joseph!)
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