Apple Pay Now Available on Clipper Card: How to Use in Transit Systems
Apple Pay enters a broader range now that it includes the Clipper Card. You can now use your iPhone or Apple watch to pay instead of the traditional tap-to-pay card.
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Apple Pay enters a broader range now that it includes the Clipper Card. You can now use your iPhone or Apple watch to pay instead of the traditional tap-to-pay card. This development brings exciting new features but also a few reminders you should keep an eye out for.
The Verge noted that the Clipper Card is an all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. You can reload money to the card, and it would automatically serve as your electronic transit fare payment. The Clipper Card is used for various transportation modes, including BART (which serves the East Bay and San Francisco), Caltrain (which connects San Francisco to the peninsula and South Bay), Muni
Silicon Valley’s Clipper all-in-one transit card finally adds Apple Pay Sean Hollister
Silicon Valley might seem like a shining beacon of technological progress to some onlookers, but natives know it can be weirdly hit and miss like how the San Francisco Bay Area has long had a
physical tap-to-pay card that’ll let you onto practically every form of public transit, and yet never let you simply tap your phone or smartwatch to do the same.
Until today because starting today, the Clipper Card supports Apple Pay, including its Express Mode where you don’t need to wake the device or open an app first.
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