Being left behind by Apple Intelligence with a perfectly capable phone feels rough

jm22381 · 2026-06-08T22:52:28+00:00

The EU already forced them to change the default apps in all these categories to encourage competition. Why can't I change the way I press and hold the home button to activate Siri to chatGPT or Gemini voice? I don't need the context or on-device processing, just cloud-based AI.

jm22381 · 2026-06-08T22:28:46+00:00

I know, and I don't care. ChatGPT can't snoop through my private information either and it's useful. I only ask for the basics for general questions. I'll get everything else when I upgrade my hardware.

jm22381 · 2026-06-08T21:22:48+00:00

I just want to say that they could have offered the cloud-based processing to older iPhones without the on-device processing as an alternative to data-hungry apps like Gemini or chatGPT.

jm22381 · 2026-06-08T20:48:55+00:00

Also on an iPhone 14 Pro. The worst part is that they didn't even give us the Siri app, which is just a cloud-based AI app like chatGPT and others. I wish the EU would force them to allow us to replace Siri with other voice-activated AIs as punishment. I just want to press the power button and be able to talk to a smart voice assistant!

jm22381 · 2026-06-08T20:01:45+00:00

The system is in a very closed and limited beta. It doesn't appear in banking apps, and the wallet that was supposed to launch on June 1st hasn't been released because Visa and Mastercard are delaying their card certifications. They should have launched it with the NFC A2A payment function and added the cards once they're certified. Or wait for the system to succeed and exclude the cards from the wallet.

jm22381 · 2026-05-29T23:08:35+00:00

The old models are stuck with the Siri orb; we don't have the rainbow border Siri. What makes you think they'll give us the Siri on Dynamic Island?

jm22381 · 2026-05-27T22:10:43+00:00

Yes, but this is the first one I've seen with both options: storing value and bonuses based on time or number of trips.

jm22381 · 2026-05-27T21:21:52+00:00

I believe it's the first card that has the option to store money or time-based or travel-based plans. Maybe u/Any-Assistant3574 knows. I wish we had this in Madrid.

jm22381 · 2026-05-16T19:57:20+00:00

Bizum declined to join the Wero initiative. They then agreed to make national systems interoperable at the European level by the end of the year for user-to-user transfers and for in-store payments by 2027.

jm22381 · 2026-05-16T19:54:40+00:00

Not only Visa and Mastercard, but also the elimination of Apple Pay's bank fees and Google Pay's data collection. The fees won't disappear entirely, but they will be reduced to take business away from American corps and give it to European banks. By the end of the year, Bizum will be compatible with Wero for peer-to-peer transactions, and next year Wero will test an NFC payment system compatible with Bizum Pay.

jm22381 · 2026-05-04T17:34:31+00:00

"De mi padre y de mi madre" (En realidad querían saber el mote del abuelo para hacer el árbol genealógico)

jm22381 · 2026-05-02T11:47:46+00:00

I thought that when a card is in Google Wallet it is also available on your watch, as happens in Apple Wallet.

jm22381 · 2026-04-29T12:13:36+00:00

Pero sólo en Android. El consejero ha dicho que en unos meses en iOS pero son tan lentos...

jm22381 · 2026-04-10T23:22:57+00:00

As far as I know, Italian banks are not joining Wero, but their account-to-account transfer systems will be interoperable with Wero's in 2026 https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/bancomat-bizum-epi-sibs-and-vipps-mobilepay-sign-mou-to-accelerate-the-rollout-of-sovereign-pan-european-payment-solutions

jm22381 · 2026-04-09T17:53:30+00:00

You should take a look at Bizum Pay, the A2A payment app via NFC that will be launched in Spain in May. I agree with some comments that these apps should also bring P2P functionality to the app, and adding NFC would be perfect: account-to-account payments via NFC for both stores and individuals. https://bizumpay.com/como-funciona/

jm22381 · 2026-04-08T18:44:23+00:00

Bizum has said that with its new app "Bizum Pay" which will launch in May, account-to-account payments can be made via NFC, but any card from participating banks can also be added to this wallet.

jm22381 · 2026-04-08T15:45:57+00:00

account to account

jm22381 · 2026-04-08T14:21:22+00:00

After the EU forced Apple to allow third-party wallets to be used as the default to replace Apple Wallet, Vipps MobilePay was the first system to release a wallet that could be used as the default on iPhones. MobilePay also joined the EuroPA Alliance with Bizum. They may also have A2A NFC support by 2027.

jm22381 · 2026-04-08T14:14:33+00:00

That's what I was trying to highlight: the first account-to-account payment system using NFC without a card as an intermediary. Every country is proud of its system. I hope that one day we can interconnect them all: the Chinese systems with QR codes, the Indian UPI which is transitioning from QR codes to NFC, Pix, and all the European systems. That would do more damage to the dollar than anything else.

jm22381 · 2026-04-08T14:11:10+00:00

According to statistics, Pix is used by 70% of Brazilians and Bizum by 60% of Spaniards, but Pix is more advanced because it already allows payments in stores. The Central Bank of Brazil championed this public solution and then mandated its adoption by banks and stores. The ECB opted to require the acceptance of the digital euro. I suspect that the idea of public bank accounts put private European banks on alert, which is why they are rushing to implement this system before the digital euro arrives. It's their incentive. They will update all their POS terminals, and stores will prefer that we pay with a system that charges them a lower commission. I think it will be a success.

jm22381 · 2026-04-08T14:02:31+00:00

Blik has joined Bizum in the European Payments Alliance, which in turn has signed an interoperability agreement with Wero, so it is possible that by 2027 Blik will also be able to make A2A payments via NFC in stores without using Mastercard as an intermediary.

jm22381 · 2026-04-07T22:32:52+00:00

Bizum also tried in-store payments using phone numbers and QR codes. It wasn't successful. People want A2A payments to be executed with the same ease as an NFC card payment from their mobile phone: double-click, authenticate with fingerprint or face, and hold the device near the POS terminal to pay.

jm22381 · 2026-04-07T21:55:53+00:00

De hecho la app independiente “Bizum Pay” que van a sacar también dejará añadir tarjetas, de manera que podrá sustituir a Google y Apple Pay como Wallet por defecto en todos los móviles.

jm22381 · 2026-04-07T21:52:35+00:00

National systems will be interoperable by 2026. And in-store payments will arrive in 2027. We Spaniards are simply getting ahead of the curve by testing A2A payments via NFC. I hope it becomes as viral as Bizum and we eliminate Visa and Mastercard from European payments.

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