The Beijing subway is now allowing consumers to pay for rides with their smartphones — that is, unless they are using Apple‘s iPhone.
Starting this week, people can tap their phones to pay and enter a station.
iPhone users however, cannot enjoy this convenience. This is because of Apple’s contactless policy, which allows access to only Apple Pay’s NFC system and not other systems, like Yikatong, Beijing’s public transport payments company.
In the meantime, users of Androids and other non-Apple devices can enjoy tapping their phones to access the subways of China’s capital.
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