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#2815733 19-Nov-2021 14:19

tehconz:

You can also use the Shortcuts app to create a home screen shortcut that takes you directy to the pass. ...

A separate app?

In my case (Android), it automatically came up with the option to add a shortcut to the home screen at the time I added the pass to GPay. Not separate app required.

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#2815734 19-Nov-2021 14:21

I've noticed each time I view my pass via Google Pay the screen brightness fades up to max then fades back to normal when closed. Oddly the brightness slider on my phone's drawer doesn't move between states.

I'm picking this is to ensure it's bright enough for the verifier app to see it in low light situations. A workaround for the verifier app users so they don't have to have a torch shortcut to scan dimly lit passes like was added to the Tracer app for QR posters?

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#2815749 19-Nov-2021 14:48

Groucho:

I've noticed each time I view my pass via Google Pay the screen brightness fades up to max then fades back to normal when closed. Oddly the brightness slider on my phone's drawer doesn't move between states.

I'm picking this is to ensure it's bright enough for the verifier app to see it in low light situations. A workaround for the verifier app users so they don't have to have a torch shortcut to scan dimly lit passes like was added to the Tracer app for QR posters?

It is brighter so it can be scanned by any application - not only the verifier app. I use Google Pay to store codes for Air NZ, FlyBuys, Countdown, New World and more.

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#2815750 19-Nov-2021 14:49

Groucho:

I'm picking this is to ensure it's bright enough for the verifier app to see it in low light situations. A workaround for the verifier app users so they don't have to have a torch shortcut to scan dimly lit passes like was added to the Tracer app for QR posters?

Commerical 3D scanners (think checkout reader) need full contrast. No light. Stocard also makes them bright. As does google pay when you add loyalty cards

I'd expect reflectivity with a light on screen covers etc may be an issue. So easier to just boost the contrast for all

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#2815769 19-Nov-2021 15:23

Shortcuts is part of iOS 13. By default the passes are not added to the home screen on iOS, they're in Apple Wallet which you can get to by double clicking the power button. But if you already have an Apple Pay card set up it defaults to that and you have to scroll down to your vax pass. Same on Apple Watch, I have shortcut on my watch face that opens the vax pass directly now.

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#2815779 19-Nov-2021 16:07

I just tried bringing up my pass on the Apple Watch and it's really cool. When you tap on the pass itself, the QR code comes up full screen so it's about the same size as it would be on your iPhone.

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#2815785 19-Nov-2021 16:23

alasta:

I just tried bringing up my pass on the Apple Watch and it's really cool. When you tap on the pass itself, the QR code comes up full screen so it's about the same size as it would be on your iPhone.

Alas, I guess that will not be possible on my 'old' Gear S3 watch (Tizen). Could be handy.

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#2815798 19-Nov-2021 17:00

marmel: I have tried Chrome and Safari, opening from Gmail and Apple Mail, always get the same blank screen.

I got the same problem with my wife's iPhone and I'm not an iOS perso so I really didn't have any idea how to make it work because the Google Pay experience on my Pixel phone was seamless. In the end I just double clicked the power button and when I brought up Apple Pay the vaccine certificate was there so all good.

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#2815869 19-Nov-2021 18:09

DS248:

alasta:

I just tried bringing up my pass on the Apple Watch and it's really cool. When you tap on the pass itself, the QR code comes up full screen so it's about the same size as it would be on your iPhone.

Alas, I guess that will not be possible on my 'old' Gear S3 watch (Tizen). Could be handy.

I would love it if someone did a Connect IQ app so I could have it on my Garmin watch!

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#2815878 19-Nov-2021 18:55

lchiu7:

I got the same problem with my wife's iPhone and I'm not an iOS perso so I really didn't have any idea how to make it work because the Google Pay experience on my Pixel phone was seamless. In the end I just double clicked the power button and when I brought up Apple Pay the vaccine certificate was there so all good.

I think you mean double click the HOME button, not the Power button. Plus the iPhone must be in the "Sleep/Locked" state, not a full power off state.

To set this 'Double Tap' up: Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay > Double-Click Home Button > On

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2815883 19-Nov-2021 19:19

FineWine:

lchiu7:

I got the same problem with my wife's iPhone and I'm not an iOS perso so I really didn't have any idea how to make it work because the Google Pay experience on my Pixel phone was seamless. In the end I just double clicked the power button and when I brought up Apple Pay the vaccine certificate was there so all good.

I think you mean double click the HOME button, not the Power button. Plus the iPhone must be in the "Sleep/Locked" state, not a full power off state.

To set this 'Double Tap' up: Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay > Double-Click Home Button > On

No home button on her Iphone 13 Pro. I am sure I double pressed the power button.

Just checked. I got her phone and it was locked. I double pressed the Power button and it brought up her default CC for Apple Pay and the Covid cert was on the lower part of tbe screen. I was able to choose it and it displayed.

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#2815886 19-Nov-2021 19:29

lchiu7:

FineWine:

I think you mean double click the HOME button, not the Power button. Plus the iPhone must be in the "Sleep/Locked" state, not a full power off state.

To set this 'Double Tap' up: Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay > Double-Click Home Button > On

No home button on her Iphone 13 Pro. I am sure I double pressed the power button.

Just checked. I got her phone and it was locked. I double pressed the Power button and it brought up her default CC for Apple Pay and the Covid cert was on the lower part of tbe screen. I was able to choose it and it displayed.

I did not know that. Thanks.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2815890 19-Nov-2021 19:46

lchiu7:
marmel: I have tried Chrome and Safari, opening from Gmail and Apple Mail, always get the same blank screen.

I got the same problem with my wife's iPhone and I'm not an iOS perso so I really didn't have any idea how to make it work because the Google Pay experience on my Pixel phone was seamless. In the end I just double clicked the power button and when I brought up Apple Pay the vaccine certificate was there so all good.

Thanks for that, just confirmed that it is there when I double click the power button. It isn’t viewable in Apple wallet though, which is where I thought it was stored?

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#2816011 20-Nov-2021 08:16

Reading a LinkedIn post where someone with an interest in the process (Ian McCrae, CEO OrionHealth) complains about this having teething problems on launch day. The comments are a good list of "experts" that you shouldn't hire.

Two common themes: "It's an email, why didn't write an app for that?" and "Why not use the covid tracer app?" followed with "what a waste".

Using the existing Apple Wallet and Google Pay secure storage was the better choice. Writing an app would require the team to create all the security safeguards that are already provided by these wallets, increasing development time by weeks if not months.

Why not add it to the covid tracer app? Because the app uses the Apple/Google Exposure Notifications framework and the licence for that excludes the possibility of adding this type of functionality.

Obviously most of the commenters seemed to have no idea of why access to the mycovidrecord site was being affected on that day, so most comments were unhelpful "oh, this is a government project" without looking at it simply as a scaling issue.

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#2816029 20-Nov-2021 09:25

Can someone explain to me how this works? I just downloaded my pass. I don't carry a phone so I printed it out. I don't see how the QR code part could possibly be scanned. It is far too compressed on the card-size printout and is basically just a blob. My printer has normal resolution but the print area is just too small. The code does appear okay if I zoom it. The card contains my name and birth date but what is there to prove this is not a fake?

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