Apple Wallet will allow users to create passes in iOS 27, taking QR passes from physical passes to create digital versions.
Apple Wallet can be used to manage credit and debit cards, store cards, digital keys, and digital passes from third-party apps. However, not everyone who provides passes to users does so while supporting Apple Wallet.
In iOS 27 this will change, because Bloomberg reports that Apple will add a pass creation tool. People familiar with the feature say users can generate a personalized pass for Apple Wallet from a QR code.
The intention is for it to be used by apps that use QR codes, but don’t have the all-important Apple Wallet pass support.
To use the tool, users can add a card as usual using the plus symbol and then use a new prompt. The prompt says it can be used to “create ticket passes, memberships, gift cards, etc.”
The process can create a pass from scratch or by capturing an image of a QR code using the camera. They are then presented with customization tools, including various styles, images, colors and text fields.
Three models will come with standard orange default passes. Membership passes will initially be set to blue, while purple will be used for event passes.
This isn’t the first time the idea of custom passes has been mooted in connection with iOS 27. It previously appeared in a code leak from April 16, alongside new visual intelligence features.
Bloomberg the report at least gives the impression that the leak is more authentic,
Although we’ll have to wait until WWDC or beyond to test this feature, users can already do something similar. Pass2U is a wallet management app that can create passes for use in the Wallet app.