iOS 27 Wallet App Gets 'Create a Pass' Feature

[baconcat_8964]

Only static code gonna work with this. Many companies moved from Wallet pass to the QR code that only available in their own app and refreshes every minute.

 

[211]

Some people have been asking; you can use a screenshot.

However, what would be useful is to create a ticket from the email directly, and it pulls all the information from that email to populate the fields. At the moment, you have to screenshot to get the QR code from the email, then fill in all the fields manually.

 

[svish]

Will be extremely useful. Eager to use this. Happy to see this feature with iOS 27

 

[Piottamus]

Looking forward to this. There used to be an awesome app called Pass4Wallet that worked very well and it was letting you fully customize the passes (location features, etc.) for free. Sadly while the app is still in the store it's not working at all anymore.

Pass2U paywalls many features.

Offline Cards and PassKeepr work but they're more basic.

 

[dontwalkhand]

Only static code gonna work with this. Many companies moved from Wallet pass to the QR code that only available in their own app and refreshes every minute.

It’s done as an anti-fraud mechanism, especially with public transit, or membership cards not meant to be shared like Costco.

 

[drew_some1]

Looking forward to this. There used to be an awesome app called Pass4Wallet that worked very well and it was letting you fully customize the passes (location features, etc.) for free. Sadly while the app is still in the store it's not working at all anymore.

Pass2U paywalls many features.

Offline Cards and PassKeepr work but they're more basic.

Let me know what features you’re missing in PassKeepr! Always looking to improve it 🙂

 

[AstonSmith]

There used to be an awesome app called Pass4Wallet that worked very well ... Sadly while the app is still in the store it's not working at all anymore.

Doesn't it? I've been using it for the past couple years and my gym card is still in my wallet via Pass4Wallet

 

[dontwalkhand]

Doesn't it? I've been using it for the past couple years and my gym card is still in my wallet via Pass4Wallet

There’s like 400 pass creating apps in the App Store already, so I feel like Apple is sherlocking these apps with this new feature.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Do you really think some cashier who is looking forward to their next break gives a crap what you scan?

I've used custom passes for years with other apps and sometimes just the photo of the card and not once did I get questioned. It's just a barcode.

Reminds me of the first few years of using Apple Pay on my watch. More than once they were amazed and had no idea what just happened, but computer says yes so it must be ok.

 

[dontwalkhand]

Reminds me of the first few years of using Apple Pay on my watch. More than once they were amazed and had no idea what just happened, but computer says yes so it must be ok.

That’s how it was with TSA before the rapid expansion of the feature. There was a time when only Arizona had it and that was fun. Now I don’t bother with my physical ID at the airport and just keep it in my carry on.

 

[CarlJ]

Looking forward to this. There used to be an awesome app called Pass4Wallet that worked very well and it was letting you fully customize the passes (location features, etc.) for free. Sadly while the app is still in the store it's not working at all anymore.

Yeah, Pass4Wallet was pretty useful. I used the trick of including a barcode in an unsupported format as just an image, in order to put my library card in Apple Wallet (many libraries apparently use the Codabar format for barcodes).

But, unfortunately, I was clever enough to include the expiration date on the card, so I'd remember to renew it, and then Apple Wallet expired it when the time came, and Pass4Wallet has all the details of the card, but won't let me generate a new one, saying "We were unable to connect to the service at this time", and their website is gone.

Annoyingly, the app has been broken for a long time and yet shows updates as recently as two months ago on the App Store. Also, if it collects no data, and has all the card details sitting in memory, why does it need to contact a server in order to assemble the card? (I've never given the app any details more scandalous than my library card number - I'm not too worried about that, but this is no way to build/run an app.)

 

[CarlJ]

Reminds me of the first few years of using Apple Pay on my watch. More than once they were amazed and had no idea what just happened, but computer says yes so it must be ok.

I remember reading a story of someone who used Apple Pay at a Best Buy (I think?) in the very early days, and the checkout clerk was convinced they'd committed some sort of electronic fraud and called in their overreacting security guard to "detain the suspect".

 

[CarlJ]

Doesn't it? I've been using it for the past couple years and my gym card is still in my wallet via Pass4Wallet

The app only generates the data for the card in the proper format and submits it to Apple Wallet (once), it doesn't get involved each time you use the card. Try adding another card with Pass4Wallet (or refreshing an existing one), and you'll find the Pass4Wallet app saying "sorry, can't contact the service, check your internet connection and try again later".

 

[CarlJ]

There’s like 400 pass creating apps in the App Store already, so I feel like Apple is sherlocking these apps with this new feature.

I mean, at some point you don't stop progress on simple ideas just to protect existing markets - Apple sherlocked a ton of flip phones when they released the iPhone. Do you think that was a bad move?

 

[CarAnalogy]

I remember reading a story of someone who used Apple Pay at a Best Buy (I think?) in the very early days, and the checkout clerk was convinced they'd committed some sort of electronic fraud and called in their overreacting security guard to "detain the suspect".

Let's hope there's bodycam video on YouTube.

 

[drew_some1]

Yeah, Pass4Wallet was pretty useful. I used the trick of including a barcode in an unsupported format as just an image, in order to put my library card in Apple Wallet (many libraries apparently use the Codabar format for barcodes).

But, unfortunately, I was clever enough to include the expiration date on the card, so I'd remember to renew it, and then Apple Wallet expired it when the time came, and Pass4Wallet has all the details of the card, but won't let me generate a new one, saying "We were unable to connect to the service at this time", and their website is gone.

Annoyingly, the app has been broken for a long time and yet shows updates as recently as two months ago on the App Store. Also, if it collects no data, and has all the card details sitting in memory, why does it need to contact a server in order to assemble the card? (I've never given the app any details more scandalous than my library card number - I'm not too worried about that, but this is no way to build/run an app.)

Passes have to be signed using a “Pass Type ID” associated with the developer’s Apple account. Unfortunately that means all pass generation apps must call out to some server to sign passes for the user - it can’t all be done on device.