Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Tuesday, May 5th, 2026.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

We are sponsored this week by BitWarden.

Leading off today, iOS 27 is again rumored to include a useful new feature for the wallet app.

Bloomberg reports that the update will add a create a pass feature,

allowing users to convert physical passes to digital ones that they can store on their iPhone.

The report explains that the capability is designed for situations like a gym or a concert app,

providing a QR code for entry, but that QR code doesn't support the wallet app.

So with this new tool in iOS 27, users can import that code and create their own pass.

The new feature will reportedly be accessible via the plus button in the wallet app located in the

upper right corner. That's the same place where you currently add new credit cards.

Bloomberg says users can create a pass from scratch or rely on the iPhone's camera to take a QR

code and turn it in to a digital ticket. The feature includes customization tools for

styles, images, colors, and text fields, allowing users to tailor the information displayed on each pass.

Apple is testing three template options, standard, membership, and event.

Standard, which will be orange, is a default option for any type of pass, while membership, which is

blue, is geared towards entering places like gyms or buildings. The event pass,

which is purple, is meant for tickets to games, movies, and other occasions. It's an overdue feature

for the wallet app. There have been third-party apps that have aimed to accomplish this with varying

degrees of success for years, and a similar version of this feature came to Android a couple

years ago. But now Apple is getting on board with iOS 27, which is set to be announced in a month

at WWDC on June 8th. Next up the day, Apple has released the final iOS 26.5 beta, that's the

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