{"id":648572,"date":"2026-05-05T04:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648572\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:04:09","slug":"apple-plans-wallet-tool-for-qr-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648572\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Plans Wallet Tool for QR Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>\u2019s next major iPhone software update will enable users to build digital gift cards and tickets, Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-04\/ios-27-features-apple-plans-to-let-users-build-their-own-passes-in-wallet-app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> Monday (May 4), citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u201cCreate a Pass\u201d feature in the Wallet app is designed for situations in which a business provides a QR code for entry but doesn\u2019t support Apple\u2019s Wallet app, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>It enables users to generate a custom pass around the QR code by importing the code into the app, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>The feature will have templates for standard, membership and event passes, and it will let users customize the information shown on each pass, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Apple did not immediately reply to PYMNTS\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Create a Pass is set to be unveiled in June at Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Worldwide Developers Conference<\/a> (WWDC) and then released with iOS 27 in the fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p>\n<p>When announcing WWDC in March, the company said the event will feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-the-week-of-june-8\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">updates<\/a> for Apple platforms, including new software and developer tools and artificial intelligence advancements.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported in March that Apple also plans to unveil a new version of its Siri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/apple\/2026\/apple-readies-introduction-of-ai-agent-like-siri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">voice assistant<\/a> at the event. The new Siri will be more like an AI agent and will interact in a conversational way through both text and voice.<\/p>\n<p>The PYMNTS Intelligence report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/apple-pay-11-usage-is-up-competitors-gain-ground\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Pay @11: Usage is Up, but Competitors are Gaining Ground<\/a>\u201d found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/mobile-wallets\/2026\/mobile-wallet-usage-soars-even-as-apple-pay-leaves-spend-on-the-table\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mobile wallet<\/a> usage in stores has surged, with 31% of shoppers now using them weekly compared to 14% in August 2024. Apple Pay led this growth, with 16% of consumers reporting they used the service in stores during the previous week, double the 8% share from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The report also found that among new wallet users, the most common reason for trying the technology was that it was the easiest or fastest option available. Generation Z consumers proved especially motivated by speed and ease.<\/p>\n<p>Apple reported in October that Wallet now provides hundreds of millions of users around the globe with access to Apple Pay and other tools. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/apple\/2025\/apple-pay-and-apple-wallet-gain-users-and-add-capabilities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital wallet<\/a> can be used for transit in 250 regions and 800 cities, has been used to provision hotel room keys for 65,000 hotel rooms, and is supported by 29 car manufacturers and 300 models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s next major iPhone software update will enable users to build digital gift cards and tickets, Bloomberg reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[13230,49,48,241137,1575,190,44,7995,47692,61,7996],"class_list":["post-648572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple-wallet","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-create-a-pass","tag-iphone","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-pymnts-news","tag-qr-codes","tag-technology","tag-whats-hot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}