As Germany eases lockdown measures and reboots non-essential businesses like shopping malls, Apple will soon reopen its relation locations in the country following extended closures in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
Customers of Volks and Raffeisenbank financial institutions in Germany can now provision their bank-issued Visa and Mastercard credit or debit cards with Apple Pay.
You can now access departure times and transit routes for various modes of public transport in major cities across France, Germany, Spain and other European countries.
Customers of Germany’s Sparkasse and Commerzbank can now use Apple Pay in stores and apps or on the web on their iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac.
Apple’s mobile payment service is now more widely available in Europe with support from new banks and financial institutions in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.
New Apple billboards were spotted this morning in major German cities of Hamburg and Berlin, promoting the importance of iPhone user privacy and data protection.
Following the iPhone injunction that Qualcomm secured in Germany, Apple’s pulled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models from its own stores and third-party resellers in the country.
The chip maker might be prepping to extend iPhone sales ban to the latest XS and XR models while prohibiting sales of the Apple handset at German carriers and third-party resellers.
After a German court concluded that Apple is in violation of a Qualcomm hardware patent, Apple said it would pull some iPhone models from its own stores in the country.
Apple Pay is continuing its slow expansion as it is officially now available in Germany, a country that counts 83 million people.
HomePod, the innovative wireless speaker from Apple with built-in Siri, is available starting today in Canada, France and Canada after making its initial debut in January 2018 in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Ahead of its scheduled June 18 launch in France, Germany and Canada, HomePod’s version of the Siri personal assistant is now available in the languages and dialects spoken there.
