iOS 27 Wallet App Gets 7 New Features

[BP9906]

I'm pleased to see they're adding additional barcode types (including Codabar, which is used by many library systems, apparently), but they really need to add a system to support QR/bar codes that update based on time - lots of places, like Target and Costco, and some transit systems, use codes that update every minute or so, so that you can't just share a screenshot to other people. Which is fine, I guess, except it means you have to open that app every time,minstead of using Wallet.

So, add an API that app developers for the various store apps can use to register a callback - so you can have the pass in Apple Wallet, and when you bring up that card, Wallet asks the app "what's the right code for right now?". It preserves their security (no one can screenshot your card to use), but makes it just as frictionless as other cards in Wallet (just idly checked, and to get to my Target barcode in the Target app took 9 actions plus a bit of waiting, from a locked iPhone, while getting to my IKEA card in Apple Wallet took 3).

I was wondering if this would finally solve Costco. I know there are others but the Costco iOS app looks at your browsing history, so I use their physical card every time. Can’t wait to put it in my wallet.

 

[CarlJ]

I was wondering if this would finally solve Costco. I know there are others but the Costco iOS app looks at your browsing history, so I use their physical card every time. Can’t wait to put it in my wallet.

I can't wait to put my Costco card in Apple Wallet either, but it's not going to happen unless (1) Apple provides an API or some such, and (2) Costco puts in the development effort to implement that API in their app. Neither one is a done deal.

Also, the Costco iOS app can see what you do in the Costco app, because that's the nature of computer programs. But it can't see what you're doing in Safari or other browsers. If you have proof that it somehow is monitoring your browsing history outside of the Costco app, a lot of people would like that.

 

[BP9906]

I can't wait to put my Costco card in Apple Wallet either, but it's not going to happen unless (1) Apple provides an API or some such, and (2) Costco puts in the development effort to implement that API in their app. Neither one is a done deal.

Also, the Costco iOS app can see what you do in the Costco app, because that's the nature of computer programs. But it can't see what you're doing in Safari or other browsers. If you have proof that it somehow is monitoring your browsing history outside of the Costco app, a lot of people would like that.

Yes. Read this:

App Privacy Details - App Store - Apple Developer

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Look up the iOS Costco app in the AppStore

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