The Metro SmarTrip card that I’d added to Google Wallet on the 5a is visible in that app but useless, with online transfers of digital cards from defunct to operational mobile devices reserved for iOS while Android users have to report a digital card as lost and have its balance transferre...
For example, WMATA, the government agency that controls public transport in Washington, upgraded how commuters can use their SmarTrip cards. Now commuters can upload their card into their Apple Wallet and simplyuse their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay the fare. ...
So, if you have a large balance on your card, and you really want that money back it’s worth a try. Alternatively there are some charities in DC that will accept a SmarTrip card with a balance on it. They will use the balance to help the less fortunate. Trip Hacks DC was founded...