iOS 16 Makes It Easier to Track Packages With Built-In Order Tracking for Apple Pay Purchases

[MacRumors]

iOS 16 makes it easier for users to track orders and parcels with a built-in tracker within the Wallet app for Apple Pay transactions.

Previously, users would need to download a third-party app from the App Store to track their parcels. With iOS 16, Apple is building a tracker directly within the Wallet app for Apple Pay transactions. The new integration with Wallet will let merchants and couriers provide users with precise tracking information and notification.

Apple says Apple Wallet order tracking will be available from millions of merchants through e-commerce platforms, starting with Shopify and expanding over time.

Article Link: iOS 16 Makes It Easier to Track Packages With Built-In Order Tracking for Apple Pay Purchases

 

[Terriethefoxbot🦊🤖]

Well that's a great enhancement! Very excited about the AR/VR techonolgies too! Especially with the personalizable lock screen on ios 16, just amazing!

 

[_Spinn_]

Love this! A very useful enhancement to Wallet.

 

[heystu]

I’d love it if Amazon got onboard with this, wishful thinking?

 

[bbfc]

I’d love it if Amazon got onboard with this, wishful thinking?

Amazon don’t accept Apple Pay though. Well they don’t in the UK. Unlikely that will change.

 

[ShadowJonathan]

Yeah, while I think this is neat for stuff thats bought through apple pay, if i cant put in my own packages, then this is useless.

The only thing it'll do is fracture the screen(s) i have to look at, currently i only look at parcel for a quick glance of all my packages, if i have to look between wallet and parcel, then i'll pick parcel, no matter how useful apple positions wallet for this. Unless wallet could take all features from parcel (including their extensive carrier integrations and recognitions), i'll keep using parcel.

 

[RUQRU]

Right now, "Parcel" is the best package tracker. Once you set up email forwarding of delivery notification emails to your Parcel email address the app works automatically with no manual entry needed.

 

[ShadowJonathan]

@RUQRU Ah, I didn't know about that! Then this makes Parcel even more useful.

 

[bbfc]

Yeah, while I think this is neat for stuff thats bought through apple pay, if i cant put in my own packages, then this is useless.

The only thing it'll do is fracture the screen(s) i have to look at, currently i only look at parcel for a quick glance of all my packages, if i have to look between wallet and parcel, then i'll pick parcel, no matter how useful apple positions wallet for this. Unless wallet could take all features from parcel (including their extensive carrier integrations and recognitions), i'll keep using parcel.

They won’t open it up. It’ll be exclusive to Apple Pay transactions.

 

[joecomo]

not bad - however currently all wallet history gets lost after some time.
They need to rethink this

 

[bbfc]

not bad - however currently all wallet history gets lost after some time.
They need to rethink this

It just shows recent transactions and the rest can be viewed in your banking app. Not sure I want it keeping a record of all my transaction over a longer period of time and I’m sure Apple designed it in such a way.

 

[Kabeyun]

Shouldn’t functionally depend on couriers providing access to this information? Many, like FedEx, no longer are (they want you to use their website) which is why an app like Deliveries is becoming crippled. I wonder if this shift is specific to that app.

 

[robd003]

I really hope that you're able to manually add tracking for items that aren't purchased with Apple Pay.

Having a single dashboard for package tracking would be fantastic. If it's limited to Apple Pay items only then I'd still need to look at various apps which means I'd probably never use this feature.

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

Wow awesome. Luv this new feature.

 

[boston04and07]

Cool, but I know I won’t use it unless I can use it on my iPad/Mac. That’s where I do almost all of my online shopping and package tracking currently.

 

[PsykX]

Cool feature ! Are lock screen complications also available ?

 

[paulovsouza]

I was really hoping when they said you could track your purchase, that you could get receipts straight to your phone. I just want when I pay with Apple Pay, to get my receipt on my phone instead of a print out.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

This is a great feature. Would come in very handy and do not have to rely on third party apps.

 

[ignatius345]

Ah well, I've had a great run with Deliveries for quite a few years, but FedEx has now stopped working, and you have to jump through weird hoops to track Amazon packages. So maybe its time has passed. As long as there's a way to track everything in one place, I'm good.

 

[ignatius345]

Cool, but I know I won’t use it unless I can use it on my iPad/Mac. That’s where I do almost all of my online shopping and package tracking currently.

The Mac truly needs a Wallet app. I guess I could see the reasoning for excluding it before TouchID/Secure Enclave -- but now that they have good biometrics I can't see a good reason not to have Wallet on Macs.

 

[joecomo]

It just shows recent transactions and the rest can be viewed in your banking app. Not sure I want it keeping a record of all my transaction over a longer period of time and I’m sure Apple designed it in such a way.

Well with Apple you get more information, like the exact time and the GPS position of the deal.
This is really helpful to identify unclear transactions.

Show me a banking app that can do this and I am all in ...

 

[now i see it]

Betcha it won’t work with FedEx because none of the package tracking apps work with FedEx anymore.

 

[svish]

Good feature. But will be available only for payments made with Apple Pay. Would have been nice if it were able to track all packages.

 

[boston04and07]

The Mac truly needs a Wallet app. I guess I could see the reasoning for excluding it before TouchID/Secure Enclave -- but now that they have good biometrics I can't see a good reason not to have Wallet on Macs.

Totally agree, and same with the iPad. It would be so much nicer to see all that data on the larger screens, especially when they add more features to it every year. Plus, it‘s our data - I wish they would let us view it on our own (Apple) devices.

 

[joecomo]

Ooni Koda 16 - actually a great choice for tracking (although the delivery time looks incredibly short )