{"id":51762,"date":"2025-08-08T02:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51762\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T02:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:58:06","slug":"wear-os-users-are-starting-to-see-a-new-kind-of-google-wallet-pass-on-their-wrists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51762\/","title":{"rendered":"Wear OS users are starting to see a new kind of Google Wallet pass on their wrists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"Galaxy Watch 8 app screen\"  alt=\"Wear OS has started showing some types of photo passes.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Galaxy-Watch-8-app-screen-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zac Kew-Denniss \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>Some Wear OS watches are starting to show Google Wallet photo passes with patterns like QR codes or barcodes.<br \/>\nStandard photo-only passes still don\u2019t appear, based on our testing.<br \/>\nThis may be an early test of limited support for scannable custom passes on smartwatches.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve been able to add photo-based passes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-use-google-wallet-google-pay-890614\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Wallet<\/a> on your phone for a while now, but none of these types of passes appeared on Wear OS smartwatches when you open the app. However, some early signs suggest this might be starting to change.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GoogleWallet\/comments\/1mka6k6\/photo_passes_support_on_wear_os\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reddit post<\/a> appears to show one of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-wallet-custom-passes-favorite-feature-why-3533593\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">custom passes<\/a> showing up in Google Wallet on a smartwatch. The interface is in Spanish, and the pass includes a label that translates to \u201cPress to scan,\u201d suggesting it\u2019s the kind of pass that contains a barcode or QR code. The other screenshot below shows a disclaimer explaining that the pass was created with a photo and that some of its information might not be visible on the watch, with a prompt to open it on your phone for the full view.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google Wallet photo passes Wear OS Reddit 1\"  alt=\"Google Wallet photo passes Wear OS Reddit 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Google-Wallet-photo-passes-Wear-OS-Reddit-1.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google Wallet photo passes Wear OS Reddit 2\"  alt=\"Google Wallet photo passes Wear OS Reddit 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Google-Wallet-photo-passes-Wear-OS-Reddit-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Our testing showed this pattern. Photo passes that include a QR code or barcode appear to show up on some Wear OS watches, while passes that are simply photos, like an image of a document, don\u2019t. That suggests Google may be experimenting with support specifically for scannable photo passes rather than full photo pass support.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been no official announcement from Google, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/wallet\/answer\/14260807#zippy=%2Csome-passes-are-unusable-in-the-wallet-app-on-my-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">support pages<\/a> still state that \u201cprivate\u201d passes aren\u2019t supported on Wear OS. But this is the clearest sign yet that things might be changing.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be keeping an eye out for more confirmation. Let us know in the comments if you\u2019ve spotted your Wallet custom photo passes on your wearable.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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