![]() Once I arrived at the subway station, I just placed my iPhone next to the OMNY reader on the turnstile and then the screen displayed a message that says "GO." I didn't have to open an app or unlock my phone to get through, and the same goes for the Apple Watch and Android phone with Google Pay that I tested. The entire process took less than a minute. Then, after a quick Face ID authentication, I was ready to go. I already have a couple cards saved on my iPhone for use with Apple Pay, so all I had to do was choose one of them. After you tap on that, you need to select a credit or debit card, which will be used as default payment for your public transit rides. When you go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" settings on your iPhone, you'll now see an option called Express Transit Card. ![]() Thankfully, there's a subway station near our office that has the tap-to-pay turnstiles.īefore I get into that, though, let's first talk about the setup process for Express Transit, as the Apple Pay feature is called. ![]() Still, I wanted to get the full experience beyond a quick demo from Apple. The one close to my apartment isn't one of them. But, even though the MTA is now supporting contactless payments services such as Apple Pay, only a handful of stations and buses have so far been upgraded to the new One Metro New York ( OMNY) system. In an ideal world, I would've been able to use my iPhone to get through the turnstile at my nearby subway station. This morning, as I've done regularly since moving to New York City years ago, I left my Brooklyn apartment to head to Engadget headquarters in Manhattan.
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