Wallet App Now Supports Apple Account Cards on iOS 15.5

[MacRumors]

Apple appears to have recently updated the Wallet app to allow users to add an Apple Account Card, which displays the Apple credit balance associated with an Apple ID.

If you receive an App Store or Apple Store gift card, for example, it is added to an Apple Account that was previously visible in the App Store and Apple Store apps. As of today, the Apple Account balance can also be added to a new card in the Wallet app.

To add the card, open up the Wallet app and under "Available Cards," tap on "Add Apple Account." As long as you have an Apple Account balance, you'll be able to add the card.

Once added, you can view your Apple Account balance right from the Wallet app and use it to purchase Apple products, apps, games, and music. It works in the same way as any other card in the Wallet app when at an Apple Store. The Apple Account Card replaces the iTunes Pass that used to be available quite some time ago.

The Apple Account Card can be added on devices running iOS 15.5 or later.

(Thanks, Jacob!)

Article Link: Wallet App Now Supports Apple Account Cards on iOS 15.5

 

[BeauGiles]

Hope this comes to Australia and isn't yet another US only feature!

 

[albert421]

Doesnt work for me because I have an iCloud account and an app store account... when are they going to let us merge them?

 

[Marswarrior462]

If this is another US feature, I’m gonna TechRax the **** outta my phone and order a new phone from the US. It better not be a US-only feature. It’s not showing up on my Apple Wallet app. I’ve restarted my phone twice and I can’t get it to show up. Please don’t be a US-only feature or I’m breaking my phone and ordering a replacement to be shipped here from the US

 

[Macdude2010]

Does this allow me to add an Apple Gift Card to my account WITHOUT it automatically being the default charge for subscriptions?

 

[robantonelli]

Does this allow me to add an Apple Gift Card to my account WITHOUT it automatically being the default charge for subscriptions?

I have been asking for this for years. Glad I’m not the only one. There should be an option in settings that allows you to skip subscription payments with this method and default to the card on file.

 

[Jhawkfan]

Doesnt work for me because I have an iCloud account and an app store account... when are they going to let us merge them?

Same, it won’t let me add it because I have different App Store and iCloud accounts. Feels like we’re being punished for being long time Apple users. I’ve had my App Store account since the iPhone 3G. Wish I could merge them.

 

[HorstBockman]

Helpful... I guess. At least if the balance is consistent across devices (which the App Store balance hasn't been). No trouble adding it to my wallet.

 

[Canyda]

Not showing up in Canada right now

 

[BeauGiles]

Same, it won’t let me add it because I have different App Store and iCloud accounts. Feels like we’re being punished for being long time Apple users. I’ve had my App Store account since the iPhone 3G. Wish I could merge them.

I just came here to say this! If I change my region and language from Australia to the United States, the option to add my account works.... except for having two accounts so it's a no for me

 

[Marswarrior462]

Not showing up in Canada right now

Same here. I’m also in Canada. I swear to God I’m smashing my phone if it’s another US-only feature

 

[BeauGiles]

Same here. I’m also in Canada. I swear to God I’m smashing my phone if it’s another US-only feature

Alas, it definitely looks to be US Only.

If you change your iPhone Language & Region to the US, it shows as an option in Wallet - but you get an error as your Apple Account doesn't match your phone region.

 

[Marswarrior462]

Alas, it definitely looks to be US Only.

If you change your iPhone Language & Region to the US, it shows as an option in Wallet - but you get an error as your Apple Account doesn't match your phone region.View attachment 2009580

Exactly as I feared. The practice of limiting certain features to the US makes my blood boil. Apple should be forced to open it up. ****ing pieces of **** should pay for this

 

[dwaltwhit]

It doesn’t show up in my available cards? My appleid and icloud are the same and have been since like 2006. What am I missing, friends?

 

[FattiesGoneWild]

Oh man, Apple scammers are foaming at the mouth right now!

 

[doboy]

Doesnt work for me because I have an iCloud account and an app store account... when are they going to let us merge them?

Ah, crap. There goes my dream, haha

 

[_Spinn_]

As long as you have an Apple Account balance, you'll be able to add the card.

Cool new feature! Seems odd you can’t add it with a zero balance since I assume it is fine if you add it with an existing balance and then draw it down to zero.

 

[jimthing]

Doesnt work for me because I have an iCloud account and an app store account... when are they going to let us merge them?

Same, it won’t let me add it because I have different App Store and iCloud accounts. Feels like we’re being punished for being long time Apple users. I’ve had my App Store account since the iPhone 3G. Wish I could merge them.

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^^^^^^^^^^ This, times infinity!

Two accounts syndrome remains Apple's biggest failure, by far.

Can't use the Apple Store app if a two accounts user either. Brilliant Apple, flipping clever design choice that one. ?

 

[lartola]

If this is another US feature, I’m gonna TechRax the **** outta my phone and order a new phone from the US. It better not be a US-only feature. It’s not showing up on my Apple Wallet app. I’ve restarted my phone twice and I can’t get it to show up. Please don’t be a US-only feature or I’m breaking my phone and ordering a replacement to be shipped here from the US

Wait. Even if it were US only, there’s no need to break your iphone and get one from the US. All you need is to change your device region to the US in settings>general>language and region and maybe create a USA apple id. The Apple Account card isn’t hardware specific, just maybe region specific if it’s US only.

 

[lartola]

It doesn’t show up in my available cards? My appleid and icloud are the same and have been since like 2006. What am I missing, friends?

It won’t appear automatically. You must tap on the + sign and add it (if you have a balance in your apple id account, that is, otherwise it won’t let you).

 

[TonyC28]

Cool. Now do sound/vibration alerts for Apple Card transactions. It’s the most basic and obvious fraud detection possible and somehow Apple missed it. TBH it should be a requirement (the option) for any financial app.

 

[BeauGiles]

Wait. Even if it were US only, there’s no need to break ypur iphone and get one from the US. All you need is to change your device region to the US in settings>general>language and region and maybe create a USA apple id. The Apple Account card isn’t hardware specific, just maybe region specific if it’s US only.

As per my post, your device region and account region need to match. So you could create a US account, then you'd need to fund it, and there would be almost zero benefit to doing so - and that's if it even works internationally.

 

[jav6454]

Doesnt work for me because I have an iCloud account and an app store account... when are they going to let us merge them?

One can wish.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

I'm going to pretend I don't know the difference between an Apple Account (which I don't have) and an Apple Card (which I do have).

So...

What are the differences between an Apple Account and an Apple Card?

 

[HorstBockman]

The card showed up on my iPhone and was easily added but doesn't appear (yet, anyway) on my iPad.