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Apple Wallet

Apple Wallet (or simply Wallet, known as Passbook prior to iOS 9) is a digital wallet developed by Apple Inc. and included with iOS and watchOS that allows users to store Wallet passes such as coupons, boarding passes, student ID cards, government ID cards, business credentials, resort passes, car keys, home keys, event tickets, public transportation passes, store cards, and – starting with iOS 8.1 – credit cards, and debit cards for use via Apple Pay.[1]

Other names

Passbook
(2012–2015)

Apple Inc.

iOS
watchOS

Apple Wallet
(or Wallet for short)

Digital wallet app

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History[edit]

Apple Passbook was announced at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11, 2012, and released with iOS 6 on September 19, 2012.[2] It was renamed "Apple Wallet" with the release of iOS 9 on September 16, 2015.[3][4]

Displays 2D barcodes of following types: Aztec, PDF417 and QR.

Displays 1D barcodes of following types: Code 128 beginning with iOS 9.

Triggered by location. Up to 10 locations can be added to each Pass. A location is programmed as (longitude, latitude, and altitude) and/or iBeacon UUID. (The UUID is a Universally Unique Identifier which is a 32 ASCII character code or a code automatically generated from a name using the PassKit API.)

GPS coordinates

Triggered by time of pass.

Localization of the pass. Up to 35 languages can be stored for each pass in Wallet.

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Pass changes can be pushed via the by the pass provider, or manually updated by the user themselves.

Apple Push Notification service

Mobile IDs that operate over ISO 18013-5 can be read & logged via third party apps in iOS 17.

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Recurring payments with Apple Cash in iOS 17.

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Apple Wallet site for developers