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PRESTO Confirms iPhone, Apple Watch Support Coming
Back in April, it was reported that native PRESTO card support for iPhone and Apple Watch would likely be coming in July.
Now, PRESTO has teased that support will be coming soon. “Your iPhone and Apple Watch will soon be your PRESTO card. Stay tuned for more details,” said the company on Thursday.
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) anticipates completing software integration with the PRESTO system by July 2024, aligning with the launch of Phase 2 of the PRESTO mobile wallet. Currently, PRESTO only supports Google Wallet.
Apple is expected to unveil iOS 18 and other updates during its WWDC keynote in June. It seems PRESTO is awaiting something to be announced next month?
Incorporating PRESTO into Apple Wallet would allow users to access their transit cards directly without opening the PRESTO app, enhancing convenience for fare payments. Currently, Apple Wallet’s “Express Mode” enables iPhone and Apple Watch users to make payments on the TTC without waking the device or using Face ID/Touch ID.
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I understand that once you switch to use the phone /watch option, the old physical card will no longer work. You can only use one platform. Hope I am
Wrong..
No you are right and that makes sense. It is with every transit agency no matter in Canada or the US you add to the digital wallet then the physical gets deactivated, and you can only add to one device, like your iPhone or Apple Watch, but not the same card on the both of them at the same (You can however transfer them back and forth from one another at any time from the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. And it makes sense, otherwise let’s say you have a monthly pass or discounted fare, now multiple people can have access to the card? You can see why that’s an issue right?
I haven’t noticed this. I signed out of my Apple ID for a few minutes about a month, which ended up un-syncing my credit card with Apple Pay, and I only noticed when I went to pay for the bus. I was able to use my PRESTO card for that trip without any issue and reactivated the credit card for the trip back, but the two aren’t connected in the Wallet the credit card has nothing to do with my PRESTO card in how I pay for transit.
He is talking about Presto card in Apple wallet which hasn’t released yet. When it does come out, once you add the presto card to the digital wallet, it will deactivate the physical card. Presto card in Apple wallet and paying fares using Apple Pay with a credit/debit card are 2 different things.
Ah I see. I assumed he wasn’t talking about that since it currently doesn’t exist and, as an adult paying regular adult fares, it wouldn’t really be necessary unless you were really adverse to paying with another card.
Hearing that it might disable to physical RESTO card, I also don’t think I would bother setting it up and losing that important backup if I didn’t have to.
As per my comment above, you can always order a second Presto card to work around the limitation.
I currently pay with my credit card and only pay the adult fare, so I would probably leave things the way they are because I don’t see a benefit in adding my PRESTO card (I can also already pay without unlocking the phone using Express Mode, as mention in the article). But I see the benefit to others in adding the PRESTO card, even if it means having to order a new one.
But what about someone with a youth/student/senior/TTC fair pass when you can only have one presto card with the discount? What about monthly passes?
I have the senior discount on both my physical cards. So this is possible. The only inconvenience was having to go to the TTC office a second time to register the second card.
Monthly passes, I don’t know, good question. Presumably there will be a FAQ when the official announcement is made.
But what about someone with a student/senior/TTC fair pass when you can only have one presto card with the discount? What about monthly passes?
Based on prior reporting, correct.
This is why I recently ordered a second Presto card. One I’ll load on my phone or watch, the other I’ll keep as a physical card. Both my cards auto-reload off the same credit card, so there’s no inconvenience.