iOS 26: Save Physical Card Details in Wallet App

[hagar]

Oh, so you mean I can store other cards like my health insurance or whatever?

That’s what I get from the article. It never specifically mentions bank cards.

 

[ninetyCent]

I wish it could store my loyalty cards too so i don't have to have another app for that

 

[adrianlondon]

This is only meant for RARE access. You shouldn't be giving Walmart your physical card number, ever. But when you need it, it's already in Safari autofill. However Safari can't autofill from Wallet because there is no Wallet app on macOS.

Maybe we're talking about different things, but ...

I scanned my physical card details into wallet on iOS 26. They now show in the Wallet "app" on MacOS* and they are automatically all available for autofill on Safari. Going into Safari Preferences for autofill takes you to the afore-mentioned page in System Settings.

One still needs to activate the cards for Apple Pay on the laptop if you want to use them for that.

* Well, under System Settings / Wallet & Apple Pay which Spotlight finds easily enough just by starting to type "wallet"

 

[tennisproha]

Maybe we're talking about different things, but ...

I scanned my physical card details into wallet on iOS 26. They now show in the Wallet "app" on MacOS* and they are automatically all available for autofill on Safari. Going into Safari Preferences for autofill takes you to the afore-mentioned page in System Settings.

One still needs to activate the cards for Apple Pay on the laptop if you want to use them for that.

* Well, under System Settings / Wallet & Apple Pay which Spotlight finds easily enough just by starting to type "wallet"

Safari autofill is a separate thing from Wallet. Are you sure you didn’t add them to Safari previously and just forgot? Maybe they changed the setup process and no one’s reported on it but when I added my cards, Wallet scans for Safari autofill cards but not the other way around.

It’s fine having them where they are if they auto populate. The problem is the new “feature” in Wallet where you can add you physical card numbers. The numbers are already stored elsewhere so there’s no reason Apple can’t just link it from there. It’s just stupidly convoluted.

 

[adrianlondon]

Safari autofill is a separate thing from Wallet. Are you sure you didn’t add them to Safari previously and just forgot?

No. I add a brand new card to my phone for Apple Pay then added the physical card details.

I waited a few minutes then went to Safari Autofill and it was there.

As I say, on MacOS Tahoe opening Safari / Preferences / AutoFill / Credit cards <edit> takes me to the Wallet & Apple Pay system settings which syncs with iOS.

One can add the physical card details there or in System Settings / Wallet & Apple Pay / AutoFill Cards. They all go to the same place and hence use the same data.

 

[tennisproha]

No. I add a brand new card to my phone for Apple Pay then added the physical card details.

I waited a few minutes then went to Safari Autofill and it was there.

As I say, on MacOS Tahoe opening Safari / Preferences / AutoFill / Credit cards <edit> takes me to the Wallet & Apple Pay system settings which syncs with iOS.

One can add the physical card details there or in System Settings / Wallet & Apple Pay / AutoFill Cards. They all go to the same place and hence use the same data.

Okay so that's different than how it currently works. Looks like they merged Safari autofill with Wallet, so that's good. Thanks for the update. The article should've stated this

 

[adrianlondon]

Okay so that's different than how it currently works. Looks like they merged Safari autofill with Wallet, so that's good. Thanks for the update. The article should've stated this

Yep! It works pretty well. Unfortunately, I use Firefox which can't access this data, but most people use Safari so it's a definite improvement in how things work with iOS/MacOS 26.