It has been a long wait, but Apple Pay Express Mode<\/b> appears to have quietly arrived in Singapore, giving iPhone and Apple Watch users a much quicker way to pay for MRT rides.<\/p>\n
Formerly known as Express Transit<\/b> in some markets, the feature lets you hold your iPhone or Apple Watch near a compatible fare reader to pay for your journey without the need to double-click the side button, unlock your device, or authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID.<\/p>\n
There is, however, a rather big catch: Express Mode does not appear to work across the entire MRT network yet.<\/b> Based on reports from HardwareZone forum users, the feature began working around 28 August and is currently limited to selected stations and newer-generation fare gates. It is also not yet supported for bus rides<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Users have reported successful Express Mode transactions at stations including Bukit Panjang on the Downtown Line, Bukit Panjang LRT, Ang Mo Kio, Newton, City Hall, and Boon Keng<\/b>. There have also been reports of it working on parts of the Thomson-East Coast, Circle, and North East lines<\/b>, suggesting that availability is tied more closely to the fare gate hardware and software than to specific MRT lines.<\/p>\n
We also tried Express Mode and, like some early users, found the experience to be slightly slower <\/b>than the usual authenticate-and-tap method.<\/p>\n Choose your preferred credit card to be the Express Travel Card.<\/p>\n Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n To set it up, go to <\/i>Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay > Express Travel Card<\/i><\/b> and select your preferred payment card. Once configured, you can simply tap your iPhone or Apple Watch against a compatible reader to enter and exit the MRT.<\/p>\n For now, consider Express Mode a work in progress in Singapore. Until it is officially rolled out system-wide, you may still need to authenticate at some fare gates, and you\u2019ll still need to do so when taking the bus.<\/p>\n Source: HardwareZone Forums, Apple<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It has been a long wait, but Apple Pay Express Mode appears to have quietly arrived in Singapore, giving iPhone and Apple Watch users a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[156,10385,4552,1160,210,640,22],"class_list":["post-81839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-apple","tag-enable","tag-express","tag-mode","tag-mrt","tag-pay","tag-singapore","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to enable Express Mode<\/h2>\n
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