{"id":819602,"date":"2026-07-22T23:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819602\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:15:27","slug":"some-android-users-in-montreal-area-can-now-ditch-their-opus-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819602\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Android users in Montreal area can now ditch their OPUS cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some Android cellphone users in the greater Montreal can now carry their transit passes on their devices instead of using a physical card when taking public transportation. <\/p>\n

In late 2025, a small number of people were able to test the new system \u2014 which allows people to use their phones to scan their OPUS card \u2014 via the Chrono app. <\/p>\n

In a statement sent to CBC on Wednesday, the regional transit planning agency for the Montreal area, known by its French acronym\u00a0ARTM, said it is continuing the phased rollout of a new version of the app to a larger pool of Android users. <\/p>\n

“This phased update allows users to purchase and validate transit tickets directly on their phones,” the ARTM wrote.<\/p>\n

Android users can check the Chrono app to see if they have access to the feature. The ARTM has a guide on its website<\/a> that explains to users how to buy virtual tickets.<\/p>\n

However, these virtual cards are separate from physical OPUS cards, and the passes added to them cannot be transferred to a physical OPUS card, the ARTM told Radio-Canada, adding that most standard-fare passes will be available in a virtual format.<\/p>\n

The agency also told CBC it was working with Apple to make this feature available to iPhone users as well. <\/p>\n

As of late last year, this feature was expected to be available to all transit users by the end of the 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-819602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}