‘I was blown away’ cheer iPhone owners after finding emergency Apple Pay trick
IPHONE owners are excited about a little-known Apple Pay trick that could save your day in an emergency.
The smart feature can help you in two specific ways.
First, you don’t need to unlock your account iPhone when using Apple Pay on certain public transport networks.
Apple has built something called Express Mode into iOS, which means you can use Apple Pay without Touch ID or Face ID in some situations.
It means you don’t have to struggle with unlocking your iPhone when using the London Underground or New York Underground, for example.
An Apple fan on Reddit wrote, “I’ve loved using Express Transit in San Francisco and New York. I go about twice a month.”
You can ensure that Express Mode is set to the correct card by going to your Apple Wallet settings.
DEAD GOOD!
But that is not everything.
Not only do you not need to unlock your iPhone, the battery may not even need to be charged.
“I recently accidentally discovered that it’s possible to still use your Transit card even if your phone breaks,” said one Reddit user in a thread about the feature.
“I was blown away, I already knew I could use it by essentially swiping the reader, but not this.”
Apple is more specific about how this actually works.
“You may even be able to use your card, pass, or key if your device needs to be charged,” Apple explains.
It continued: “With a compatible iPhone modelsthat you might be able to use current reserve with some cards, passes and keys that have Express Mode enabled for up to five hours when your iPhone needs to be charged.
“To see which cards, passes, and keys are available for use with power reserve, press the side or home button when your iPhone needs to charge.”
But there are two important things to note about this feature.
First, pressing the Side button or Home button can significantly reduce the power reserve on your iPhone.
Doing this enough may prevent the feature from working.
Secondly, if you manually turn off your iPhone, this feature will not work.
It is only available when your iPhone is visibly dead and put in backup mode.
iPhone tricks to try today
Here are some of the best…
- Type cursor – Press and hold the spacebar while typing to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, making it easier to move through words and sentences
- Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapping squares in the bottom right corner and press Close All Tabs
- Delete many photos quickly – Press and hold a photo and drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select many images at once. Then press Delete
- Exchange currencies quickly – Swipe down from the top of your home screen (or swipe from left to right on an iPhone
- Check if you need a battery upgrade – Batteries in smartphones deteriorate over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Status and view the maximum capacity. In general, a battery is considered worn out if its capacity is less than 80%. If you are below, you can purchase a battery change from Apple
- Move apps faster – Hold an app until it starts to wiggle, then tap (while still holding) other apps, which will stack them so you can move them around more easily