Île-de-France Mobilités has just announced in a press release that iPhone users will soon be able to puttheir Navigo Pass on their iPhone. If owners of Android smartphones have already had this functionality for more than a year, iPhones will soon be added to the list.
In its declaration, Île-de-France Mobilités announces that this functionality should arrive on iPhoneat the end of May. The option would be“being finalized”.She who had already been promised for the end of the year 2023, she should end up seeing the light of day withthe arrival of iOS 17.5 on our iPhones.
A launch before the Olympics
The arrival of this feature was essential for this summer's Olympic games in the City of Lights. Millions of people will pour into the streets, and everything must seem perfect (as much as possible) to allow the capital to benefit from this exceptional exhibition.
The arrival ofNavigo Pass on the iPhoneHowever, this should not solve all the problems. In fact, to benefit from this functionality you must already have a Navigo Pass, which is not, and probably should not be, the case for foreign tourists coming for the Olympics.
Lots of unanswered questions
For the moment, many gray areas still exist aroundthe arrival of the Navigo Pass on the iPhone. If developers' confidence would tend to leave us optimistic, recent statements from Île-de-France Mobilités go in the opposite direction.
The company which manages transport in the Ile-de-France region announced, in particular, that the use of the Navigo Pass from the iPhone would not be possible for annual subscriptions. Without giving any further explanation on this point. A real disappointment for the thousands of people who take the metro every day.
For the moment, no official communication has been made on the procedure to follow to integrate your physical Navigo Pass into your iPhone. If the operation is the same as on Android smartphones, you would then have to use the “Vianavigo” application, designed solely for this use. Once inside, it will be possible to purchase transport tickets electronically. It is already possible torecharge your physical card using your iPhone.
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