Along with Île-de-France Mobilités and Air France, Samsung Pockets permits guests to discover France with ease by native transport integration and ticket administration
Samsung Electronics immediately introduced that it’s going to present a good smarter and extra streamlined Samsung Pockets expertise to French residents and vacationers in France. Starting this summer season, Samsung Pockets will assist Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) integration on Samsung Galaxy units,1 making certain seamless public transportation companies throughout the Île-de-France area by Navigo Journey Card entry. The Add to Pockets operate can even make it simple for guests to the area to get pleasure from well-liked Paris sights and websites. And along with new accomplice, Air France, Samsung Pockets will allow a handy flight ticket administration expertise on Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
“Samsung is proud to drive ease of entry by technological innovation for Île-de-France Mobilités and Air France,” mentioned Woncheol Chai, Head of Digital Pockets Group, Cell eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “By integrating all-new journey administration options into Samsung Pockets, we’re bringing new ranges of comfort to French locals in addition to to guests to France, simply in time for a busy summer season journey season.”
Enabling Problem-Free Native Transport in Paris
This summer season, residents and guests can get pleasure from a seamless public transport expertise inside Île-de-France area by international IDFM assist.2 Customers can simply entry the IDF Mobilités app by a pre-loaded shortcut displayed beneath the Transit menu of Samsung Pockets.
Along with environment friendly metropolis navigation, vacationers can go away behind ticket queues and unmanned ticket cubicles. Samsung Galaxy customers can merely faucet their units to board or switch buses, metros and Réseau Categorical Régional (RER) traces,3 lowering the necessity for bodily playing cards or tickets and unlocking a hassle-free transport expertise.
Unlocking Simplified Journey in France
Even past Paris, Samsung Galaxy customers can benefit from the simplicity of fee card-based transit throughout a number of French cities, together with Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille and Aix-en-Provence. Plus, the RoissyBus and OrlyBus shuttle present fast, direct hyperlinks for vacationers between the town heart and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. With this function, Samsung Galaxy customers can simply faucet their system to pay and go,4 boosting transport pace and accessibility.
For worldwide journey, the Add to Pockets operate is now being prolonged to Air France and accomplice flights, permitting Samsung Galaxy customers so as to add boarding passes to Samsung Pockets.5 What’s extra, vacationers from overseas can relaxation assured that worldwide funds and Add to Pockets capabilities will work easily when visiting France. Upon arriving at their vacation spot, vacationers shall be prompted through push notification6 to discover these options, making certain person consciousness of all that Samsung Pockets has to supply throughout their go to to the area — from enhanced sight-seeing and native transport to simplified worldwide journey.
Enhancing Tourism Throughout Points of interest
Samsung Pockets can be enabling the Add to Pockets operate for tickets to iconic landmarks and different sights, making all of them conveniently accessible from a Samsung Galaxy system. Guests can discover all of the leisure France has to supply with ease, from websites just like the Palace of Versailles to over 200 cinemas.
1 IDFM integration accessible on all Samsung Galaxy smartphones which are suitable with Samsung Pockets model 5.6.53 or larger.
2 IDFM transportation service accessible to make use of solely in France for customers from all international locations the place Samsung Pockets is accessible, except India, Mainland China and Korea.
3 Assorted availability. Customers are suggested to test the newest info earlier than buying at https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/tickets-fares.
4 Authentication could also be required earlier than tapping the system based mostly on the origin nation of the system.
5 Varies relying on airport and airline. Not accessible so as to add or use if a boarding cross just isn’t following normal barcoded boarding cross specs, if an airline doesn’t assist Add to Pockets function in Samsung Pockets or if an airport doesn’t assist cell boarding passes.
6 Push notification will solely be despatched to advertising and marketing opt-in Samsung Galaxy customers.