iOS 27 lets users create custom Wallet passes from any QR code as Apple gives up waiting for developers

This article was published on May 4, 2026 TL;DRApple is adding a “Create a Pass” feature to iOS 27 Wallet that lets users build custom digital passes from any QR code, with three templates (standard, membership, event) and customisation tools for styles, images, colours, and text. After fourteen years of waiting for developers to adopt PassKit, Apple is conceding that most small businesses never will and is letting users bridge the gap themselves, converting Wallet’s growth model from developer-dependent to user-driven. Apple is adding a “Create a Pass” feature to iOS 27 Wallet that lets users build custom digital passes from any QR code, with three templates (standard, membership, event) and customisation tools for styles, images, colours, and text. After fourteen years of waiting for developers to adopt PassKit, Apple is conceding that most small businesses never will and is letting users bridge the gap themselves, converting Wallet’s growth model from developer-dependent to user-driven. Apple has spent more than a decade trying to get every gym, cinema, airline, and transit system on Earth to build native passes for its Wallet app. Most have not. The gym down your street still g