Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
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#2I'm a huge fan of being able to use my phone for everything whenever possible -- no wallet, no keys, no cards.
So this is awesome on the part of Apple, but what about Android? Are student ID's on Android already a thing? Are they being developed?
Or are there unique aspects of Apple controlling the hardware that inherently make cards like these more secure on Apple, that Android can't match (but maybe Pixel can)?
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Re: Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
#4Why would Apple be involved here? Wouldn't this just be a regular application, just like any other?
Or is this yet another case of Apple's APIs being too limited, so they made themselves yet another loophole rather than fix it?
Re: Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
#5I'm a huge fan of being able to use my phone for everything whenever possible -- no wallet, no keys, no cards. So this is awesome on the part of Apple, but what about Android? Are student ID's on Android already a thing? Are they being developed? Or are there unique aspects of Apple controlling the hardware that inherently make cards like these more secure on Apple, that Android can't match (but maybe Pixel can)?
Student IDs are already available on Android including some of the schools mentioned.
Re: Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
#6I'm a huge fan of being able to use my phone for everything whenever possible -- no wallet, no keys, no cards. So this is awesome on the part of Apple, but what about Android? Are student ID's on Android already a thing? Are they being developed? Or are there unique aspects of Apple controlling the hardware that inherently make cards like these more secure on Apple, that Android can't match (but maybe Pixel can)?
Looks like yes: https://support.google.com/pay/answer/9867059?hl=en
> You can add your campus ID card to your Android phone to securely access your residence hall. You can also use your campus ID with Google Pay to pay for things on campus such as dining, laundry, vending, books, and more.
Re: Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
#7Why would Apple be involved here? Wouldn't this just be a regular application, just like any other? Or is this yet another case of Apple's APIs being too limited, so they made themselves yet another loophole rather than fix it?
This is an integration with Apple Wallet and Apple Pay, so it does indeed go beyond a regular app.
Re: Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
#8Why would Apple be involved here? Wouldn't this just be a regular application, just like any other? Or is this yet another case of Apple's APIs being too limited, so they made themselves yet another loophole rather than fix it?
These are added to your phone through a regular application, but ID cards are added to Wallet.app just like concert tickets, plane tickets, payment cards, transit cards, etc. Apple has to be involved as they are the relationship manager for all of the physical security companies (TransactCampus, Allegion, etc.) to get them to read and understand the ID on the phone.
It's also PR.
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#9I'm curious how different digital IDs will work in the near future. Will one app hold all your official IDs or will there be an app for each purpose?
After fall 2022, the EU plans to do a pilot of the EU digital ID. It would "let users store electronic forms of identification and other official documents, such as driver’s licenses, prescriptions and school diplomas." [1]
https://apnews.com/article/europe-health-coronavirus-pandemi...
Re: Student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch Expand to Canada and More US Universities
#10I'm a huge fan of being able to use my phone for everything whenever possible -- no wallet, no keys, no cards. So this is awesome on the part of Apple, but what about Android? Are student ID's on Android already a thing? Are they being developed? Or are there unique aspects of Apple controlling the hardware that inherently make cards like these more secure on Apple, that Android can't match (but maybe Pixel can)?
Looks like yes: https://support.google.com/pay/answer/9867059?hl=en > You can add your campus ID card to your Android phone to securely access your residence hall. You can also use your campus ID with Google Pay to pay for things on campus such as dining, laundry, vending, books, and more.
(googler, opinions are my own).
I really wish we would have stayed with the Google Wallet moniker. Seeing that you can add student IDs, Walgreens Card[0], Vaccine status/card[1], various metro cards (like Japan's Suica[2]), it is more like a wallet than a pay app at this point.
[0] https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/google-pay.jsp
[1] https://support.google.com/googlepay/answer/10890261?visit_i...
[2] https://blog.google/products/google-pay/add-suica-and-waon-g...