SAMSUNG WALLET NOW SUPPORTS STUDENT IDS

Samsung’s now offering new digital student ID support in its own Wallet app. Galaxy users, specifically those who have recent A, S, or Z series devices, will be able to pull up their campus card to access facilities and food at a tap around supported institutions just as easily as using Samsung Pay. The news comes as Samsung gets ready to announce new devices, including its latest foldable phones, at its yearly Unpacked event. Back in the day, we had to carry around ugly plastic student ID cards to tag ourselves into smelly weight rooms and grab dry burgers on a meal plan. Early on, Android phones occasionally had to rely on a dedicated app for a particular school’s system, but later, companies like Transact helped universities build solutions that can integrate cards into Google Wallet as well. That same solution will now let students add the NFC-tappable campus ID to Samsung Wallet instead if they’d like. Samsung’s Wallet app made an official return last year to bring together digital keys, pay cards, and even crypto.

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