Samsung Pockets To Introduce Added Help for Residents and Guests in France – Samsung World Newsroom

Along with Île-de-France Mobilités and Air France, Samsung Pockets permits guests to discover France with ease by way of native transport integration and ticket administration

Samsung Electronics right this moment introduced that it’ll present an excellent smarter and extra streamlined Samsung Pockets expertise to French residents and vacationers in France. Starting this summer season, Samsung Pockets will help Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) integration on Samsung Galaxy gadgets,¹ guaranteeing seamless public transportation providers throughout the Île-de-France area by way of Navigo Journey Card entry. The Add to Pockets perform will even make it simple for guests to the area to take pleasure in fashionable Paris sights and websites. And along with new associate, 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 way of technological innovation for Île-de-France Mobilités and Air France,” stated Woncheol Chai, Head of Digital Pockets Workforce, Cellular 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 Trouble-Free Native Transport in Paris

This summer season, residents and guests can take pleasure in a seamless public transport expertise inside Île-de-France area by way of world IDFM help.² Customers can simply entry the IDF Mobilités app by way of a pre-loaded shortcut displayed underneath the Transit menu of Samsung Pockets.

Along with environment friendly metropolis navigation, vacationers can depart behind ticket queues and unmanned ticket cubicles. Samsung Galaxy customers can merely faucet their gadgets to board or switch buses, metros and Réseau Categorical Régional (RER) strains,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 cost 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 town middle and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. With this characteristic, Samsung Galaxy customers can simply faucet their machine to pay and go,⁴ boosting transport pace and accessibility.

For worldwide journey, the Add to Pockets perform is now being prolonged to Air France and associate 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 might be prompted through push notification⁶ to discover these options, guaranteeing consumer 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 Sights

Samsung Pockets can also be enabling the Add to Pockets perform for tickets to iconic landmarks and different sights, making all of them conveniently accessible from a Samsung Galaxy machine. 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 can be suitable with Samsung Pockets model 5.6.53 or increased.
² IDFM transportation service accessible to make use of solely in France for customers from all nations the place Samsung Pockets is out there, excluding India, Mainland China and Korea.
³ Different availability. Customers are suggested to verify the most recent data earlier than buying at https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/tickets-fares.
⁴ Authentication could also be required earlier than tapping the machine primarily based on the origin nation of the machine.
⁵ Varies relying on airport and airline. Not accessible so as to add or use if a boarding go will not be following commonplace barcoded boarding go specs, if an airline doesn’t help Add to Pockets characteristic in Samsung Pockets or if an airport doesn’t help cellular boarding passes.
⁶ Push notification will solely be despatched to advertising opt-in Samsung Galaxy customers.