iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet • Hacker News Board

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by SoKamil » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC

flymasterv wrote: post #12

I’ve always felt like Wallet is mostly a solution in search of a problem, but maybe more adoption will help? I don’t really believe that places that require membership cards are going to let users start creating their own, though.

Having boarding passes in Wallet which also update real time is so nice. Same thing with other tickets for events.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by CamJN » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC

flymasterv wrote: post #12

I’ve always felt like Wallet is mostly a solution in search of a problem, but maybe more adoption will help? I don’t really believe that places that require membership cards are going to let users start creating their own, though.

The kid behind the counter at most places is neither paid nor trained enough to identify if the digital card in my phone’s wallet comes from their app or if I made it myself.

As long as it scans they don’t care.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by throwuxiytayq » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC

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Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by dewey » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC

randusername wrote: post #10

What a relief. My awful workaround was photos of all my membership barcodes labeled with a sharpie so that I can search "Gym" or "Library" or whatever to pull them up from OCR indexing.

There's many third party apps that can already create passes based on pictures. They are just adding that feature to the OS which is great of course but it has already been possible for a long time, except that there's one more step of downloading an app...but should still be quicker than searching your library every time.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by dewey » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

flymasterv wrote: post #12

I’ve always felt like Wallet is mostly a solution in search of a problem, but maybe more adoption will help? I don’t really believe that places that require membership cards are going to let users start creating their own, though.

I think Wallet might be the most used feature for many on the iPhone, especially if they pay with their phone. What makes you think it's looking for a problem to solve?

I think Wallet is great and the adoption in certain areas like boarding passes is almost 100% and it beats digging through email to find some pdf and zooming in on some QR code when you have to present it (Hoping that your screen doesn't rotate in the worst possible moment). Also many big cities support it for public transport and most banking apps allow you to use your credit cards there for Apple Pay.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by lxgr » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

Finally!

An option to override automatic (un)archival of passes is also desperately needed. Some passes just don’t expire based on time, and too many pass creators are too incompetent to put the correct time in even if they do.

Airlines in particular are prone to things like using local time in a field expecting UTC, which has made boarding passes auto-archive hours before leaving for the airport for me…

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by vrc » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

Does Wallet allow apps to interact with the meta-data of cards, and/or update them in any way? This could be interesting for insurance cards, in particular. Upload & verify status periodically with a prompt to update, for example.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by mghackerlady » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

Finally, there's a website out there to do it but holy shit was it a pain

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by threetonesun » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC

flymasterv wrote: post #12

I’ve always felt like Wallet is mostly a solution in search of a problem, but maybe more adoption will help? I don’t really believe that places that require membership cards are going to let users start creating their own, though.

I still see people amazed when I pay for stuff with my Apple Watch. The only other place I know that reliably uses the Apple Watch with wallet outside of payment is Disney World, but the experience there was ok at best as I was managing my entire family and I'm pretty sure they would rather sell you multiple magic bands, but seeing as how phones will never get smaller I'd love more places to support tapping my watch on things.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by bspammer » Tue, May 05, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #5

toenail wrote: post #2

Makes you wonder why this wasn't always possible.. I go to lots of events that have qr codes on their tickets, this will be useful

Does just taking a pic of the QR code not work just as well?

You can double tap the lock button to open your wallet with all your passes. Also it automatically raises the brightness for QR passes to make it easier for readers.

You could do the same thing with shortcuts I guess but using the first class feature is nice.