Home keys, driver’s license and more coming soon to your iPhone

Wallet app in iOS 15

from wallet app تطبيق It is the place where you are not only Apple PayCards, but also your store loyalty cards, discount coupons, admission tickets and much more. But starting with iOS 15 and watchOS 8, the Wallet app can do more. You can save and use more types of cards and new options are added for existing functions. These improvements can be found in Wallet in iOS 15.

#1 ID on your iPhone (but only in the US)

Enter the Wallet app تطبيق iOS 15 and watchOS 8 official support for proofs of identity. This allows you to add a driver’s license to your iPhone, for example. But unfortunately, this will only help you for now if you live in one of the states in America where this functionality will be supported. At the moment, storing your driver’s license in Wallet has not yet arrived in the Netherlands, so you can’t leave your wallet at home yet.

#2 HomeKit House Keys
Immediately HomeKit door lock You can open and close your front door via Woning App on Iphone On Apple Watch. But from iOS 15 and watchOS 8 You can also do this via NFC, which is much more practical. You just need you Iphone From an Apple Hold the watch against the lock to unlock it. It is not yet known which models of smart door locks will support the function, but an Apple Already showed a number of partners. One of these is Acara, which is a popular brand when it comes to home automation. Other well-known brands are Assa Abloy and Schlage.

# 3 keys to hotels and offices
Wallet will also support other types of door locks, for example from hotel rooms and office buildings. In offices, similar signs and systems are often used both for the main entrance and for individual offices within the building. The manufacturers of these systems can support the Wallet app in iOS 15, so you can only use your iPhone or Apple Watch Need to hold on to the lock.

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The same goes for hotels. For hotels, Apple adds an additional useful feature. You can receive your hotel room’s Wallet card remotely, even before you check-in. In the Wallet app, you’ll instantly see your room number and you won’t have to go to the front desk to collect your key. Hyatt will support this system in thousands of locations around the world.

Hotel keys in the Wallet app in iOS 15 and watchOS 8.

#4 Car keys with U1 chip
Apple CarKey It’s Apple’s system in which you can unlock and start a car via Wallet on your iPhone. This still works over NFC, but in iOS 15 and watchOS 8 U1 chip support will also be added. With Ultra-Wideband, you no longer have to take your iPhone out of your pocket to unlock or start the car, because the U1 chip allows the car to see that you are close enough. BMW will support it on new models later this year. Unfortunately, no other car brands have been announced yet.

In addition, with Car Keys, it will soon be possible to press a button from the Wallet app to unlock the car or set an alarm to go off. This only works if you are close enough, not remotely if you are miles from your car.

Car keys in Wallet in iOS 15 with control buttons.

#5 Archive Wallet Cards
Is the Wallet app a mess, just like your wallet was before, with all your used and expired cards, access cards, and more? Then you can enter iOS 15 Automatically hide expired wallet cards. You do not have to remove them yourself, but they are automatically placed in a separate overview. This is especially useful for boarding passes and movie tickets, which you may want to keep but no longer need.

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#6 Download multiple times at once
In Safari, it will soon be easier to download multiple Wallet cards at the same time. For example, if you get a parking ticket and a Wallet entry ticket when you buy tickets for an event, you can instantly add them to the Wallet app at the same time with a single click. So you no longer have to put them one by one in your wallet.

These are just the major improvements to the Wallet app in iOS 15. Apple is still tweaking a few small things in the design. For example, you now see icons in the Transaction Overview of your Apple Pay cards to make it easier to identify which stores and apps you’ve purchased something from.

More about iOS 15
iOS 15 It is the major update for the iPhone and iPod touch. Do you want to know if you have iPhone suitable for iOS 15Then you will find the answer in our article. expect responsible iOS version 15 إصدار Through September/October 2021. Find out what was also announced during the keynote on our site WWDC 2021 Conference Summary!

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