Beijing opens entire train system to smart phones

From now on, all Beijing train lines will support NFC-enabled smart phone entrance. The passengers no longer need to utilize public transport cards or tickets, and can simply swipe their phone to go into the train, Chinese media Beijing Youth Daily is reporting.Smartphones installed with NFC(near-field wireless interaction)module can support the general public transport clever card function. When you utilize it, it’s much like how you swipe your transportation card to the reader. In addition, users don’t need to pay a deposit to utilize this service.Since Fangshan line of Beijing train promoted using mobile payments phone trip in June, they reportedly included brand-new 200,000 mobile cards in a month. This function got really popular from the trial duration, and from today all the Beijing subway lines will offer this service.Although theoretically all NFC-enabled mobile phones can be utilized, at present Apple has actually not launched public transport card function in China. The current news says that Apple may support the general public transport card function for iOS 11, which is said to be launched in October.This feature can be utilized is all NFC-enabled Android cellphones. Beijing train supports Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung, Meizu and other

160 brand names of cellphones. Various mobile phones have various ways of triggering this service. Xiaomi 5 users have to open the Xiaomi wallet while Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus users require to download the Yikatong( ???)app or use Samsung’s own designated application that supports the exact same function. If an Android phone does not support NFC, then users can go to the telecom company reception desk, replace the original mobile phone SIM card with an NFC-SIM card.