NSW’s Opal card will test version for phone, watch
Folks living in NSW may be gradually returning to regular life and giving the public transport card a workout, but it could be a part of their phones in the next year.
Folks living in NSW may be gradually returning to regular life and giving the public transport card a workout, but it could be a part of their phones in the next year.
It’s been a long time coming, but the NSW-based Opal card now works not just across trains, ferries, and light rail, but also bus services, too.
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Public transport in New South Wales has support for tap on payment using various mobile payment services on phones and wearables, but the bus system has now. Fortunately, that’s changing.
The next time you take a train or ferry in Sydney, you might be able to tap on using your phone, debit, or credit card, and can leave the Opal at home.
If you have a Samsung phone, you may be able to tap on to NSW trains and ferries without unlocking your phone. Handy.
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