When will this app the iPhone will arrive to carry your transport fertilizer directly on your Apple mobile? We tell you everything we know, by the hand of the statements of the managers.
When you can carry the transport bonus on the iPhone
Until now, users of Telephones Android with NFC They could already enjoy the Madrid virtual transport card, a functionality that allows you to store and use transport titles without having a physical card. This option, available for Android 7.0 or higher, includes titles such as the 10 -trip ticket, tour tickets and airport supplement at the Madrid Metro. However, iPhone users have had to settle for the classic plastic card or cardboard, since so far the option for Apple devices has not been enabled.
The first obstacle to the digitalization of the transport fertilizer on iPhone has to do with the Closed Apple Ecosystem. The Community of Madrid, in the words of the Transportation, Housing and Infrastructure Council, Jorge Rodrigo, announced that «the Regional Transport Consortium works so that In 2025 The monthly fertilizer and total digitalization are also available including iOS, as soon as possible ». Therefore, this expected option to our iPhone arrives in the coming months.
The Community of Madrid has confirmed that, although the system works fluently on Android, in iOS there is still a key piece: what Apple Allow access to your Wallet to validate the ticket and make the necessary transactions.
Towards the digitalization of transportation
The Minister of Transportation, Housing and Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid, Jorge Rodrigo, announced that the Regional Transport Consortium is working on complete digitalization, including the monthly personal payment for iOS, and that it will be a reality Throughout 2025. However, an exact date has not been specified, since it depends on Apple's decisions.
For now, iOS users can resort to Transport card application Available in the App Store, although this only serves to consult and Recharge the balance of the transport card. Unlike the Android version, it is not possible to load the full fertilizer on the iPhone, so users continue to depend on the physical card to validate tickets in public transport.
With the arrival of the digital fertilizer for iPhone, Madrid may forget to take the physical card in their pocket. It is expected that in 2025, after advances in Apple negotiations, iPhone users will be able to enjoy a system similar to Android, with the possibility of saving their fertilizer and validating it in the lathes of each station directly from the mobile. It is something that users expect for a long time and finally seems to be close to being real.
