Several universities throughout North America and Oceania use digital wallets such as Google Wallet for Android, Samsung Wallet for Android & Wear OS, and Apple Wallet for iOS & watchOS to store mobile credentials. Some, such as the University of Alabama, have even replaced physical cards entirely with digital IDs.[1] The following is a list of schools that use mobile credentials, and for what mobile wallets they are available.
Available through Transact eAccounts, CBORD GET Mobile, Atrium Campus Connect, TouchNet 360u, or the respective school's app on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, depending on the university's provider and implementation.[2][3][4] CBORD also permits college and universities to use their own mobile app to provision Apple Wallet and Google Wallet credentials.[5]
Samsung Wallet (on Android) and Apple Wallet (on iOS) allow the use of IDs when the phone's screen is off or the battery is depleted. Samsung allows up to 15 taps within 24 hours, and Apple rates their reserve feature as being available for 5 hours after initial depletion.
Google Wallet requires a phone screen to be on and does not offer a power reserve mode.[117]
Country | Provider | Card | School | Google Wallet | Apple Wallet | Samsung Wallet |
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United States | Transact | Access ID[118][119] | University of California, Santa Barbara |