Commuters to be able to pay using iPhone
COMMUTERS in London will soon be able to pay for travel on public transport journeys by touching their iPhones to the barriers, tech giant Apple revealed last night.
Transport for London director of customer experience Shashi Verma said: “With around one in ten of all contactless transactions in the UK now taking place on our transport services in London, we are delighted to welcome Apple Pay as another new and convenient contactless way for our customers to pay for their travel.”
The announcement came as Apple’s top team showed the firm’s latest updates, at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) opening keynote speech.
There it also launched its muchspeculated upon new music system, Apple Music, at the expected price of $10 (£6.50) a month.
It will also launch a new radio station called Beats One, led by the former Radio1 DJ Zane Lowe, who left the BBC for Apple in March.