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58 'Apple Wallet' stories June 2016 - March 2021

iPhone and Apple Watch MagicBand option coming to Walt Disney World Resort

Ben Lovejoy Mar 12 2021 - 7:19 am PT

Walt Disney World Resort has long offered a MagicBand wristband as an electronic pass, and has now announced an iPhone or Apple Watch MagicBand option.

Instead of purchasing Disney’s own NFC band, you will be able to create a Disney MagicMobile pass that is added to your Apple Wallet. You can then simply hold your iPhone or Apple Watch close to the readers to gain park entry, and charge refreshments and merchandise to your hotel room…

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iOS 14.5 beta suggests new financial health features coming to the Wallet app

Michael Potuck Feb 1 2021 - 11:28 am PT

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We’re discovering more interesting details from Apple’s first iOS 14.5 beta. First we noticed an “Apple Card Family” feature and there also appears to be new financial features from Apple in the works that could extend beyond Apple Card customers.

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Santa Clara University adds support for contactless ID cards on iPhone and Apple Watch

Chance Miller Feb 25 2020 - 3:32 pm PT

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Apple continues to expand the availability of its contactless student IDs feature in the Wallet app. Santa Clara University announced today that its students, faculty, and staff can now add their ACCESS ID cards to the Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch.

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How to organize or delete Apple Wallet cards and passes

How to organize and delete Apple Pay cards and passes

Michael Potuck Jan 14 2020 - 12:01 am PT

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Need to tidy up your Apple Wallet? Follow along for how to organize and delete Apple Pay cards and passes.

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Apple expands support for student IDs in Apple Wallet to 12 new schools

Chance Miller Aug 13 2019 - 8:04 am PT

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Apple has announced today that it is expanding the availability of contactless student IDs in Apple Wallet to several new universities. This comes just in time for the start of the 2019 school year, with Apple touting that the expansion means over 100,000 students will be able to access their ID from iPhone and Apple Watch.

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College football ticketing service announces support for contactless entry with Apple Wallet

Chance Miller Jun 10 2019 - 2:50 pm PT

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Apple Wallet and Apple Pay have gradually expanded to additional stadiums, events, and more over the last several years. Today, college athletics ticketing service Paciolan announced that it is adding support for Apple Wallet, allowing fans to enter football games using their iPhone or Apple Watch.

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Feature Request: Option to automatically remove expired boarding passes & tickets from Wallet

Ben Lovejoy Jan 22 2019 - 7:35 am PT

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As a paperless kind of guy, I’m a huge fan of the Wallet app. I especially like the way it integrates all my cards, etickets and boarding passes into one place, rather than having to go hunting for them in a dozen different apps.

But there’s one small detail Apple appears to have forgotten which means there is still some hunting involved …

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MLB piloted first ever NFC tickets in Apple Wallet; 23 teams offering them next year

Ben Lovejoy Oct 3 2017 - 4:00 am PT

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We learned back in June that iOS 11 would for the first time allow third-party developers to access the NFC chip for their own apps, for the first time extending its use beyond store reward and gift cards through Apple Pay.

Major League Baseball says that it has been trialling the first ever NFC tickets in Apple Wallet. A trial by Oakland Athletics lasted for six games, and was evidently deemed a success as 23 MLB teams will be using the technology next year …

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Miami Heat becomes the first NBA team to switch to mobile-only ticketing

Ben Lovejoy Aug 11 2017 - 5:00 am PT

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Miami Heat has announced that it will only accept etickets on phones for the upcoming season. Even if you buy your ticket from the box office on the night, you still won’t get a paper one …

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Politico using Apple Wallet to send breaking news push notifications to users regarding Brexit

Chance Miller Jun 16 2016 - 7:52 pm PT

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Apple’s Wallet app has become a lot more useful since the launch of Apple Pay, but Politico has found another new purpose for the app that’s a little out of the ordinary. As noted by NiemanLab, Political Europe is using the Wallet app to send push notifications to users regarding the EU Referendum.

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