Here's How iOS 26 Enhances Boarding Passes on Your iPhone

iOS 26 enhances the Apple Wallet boarding pass experience.

iOS 26 Apple Wallet Boarding Passes
First, Apple announced that the boarding passes now support Live Activities, so you can keep track of a flight at a glance on your iPhone's Lock Screen. This functionality was already available with the Flighty app, but now you can view a flight's arrival time and more on the Lock Screen if you use Apple's built-in Wallet app.

Second, the Wallet app now displays relevant information below the boarding pass, such as Apple Maps directions to the appropriate airport terminal, a shortcut to the Find My app's newer baggage tracking feature, and more.

The first iOS 26 developer beta is now available, with a public beta to follow next month. The update will be released later this year.

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Top Rated Comments

dsf-oc Avatar
3 hours ago at 03:05 pm
Let the Sherlocking begin ... (Flighty, but not really - it's still MUCH better!)
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Le Big Mac Avatar
3 hours ago at 03:03 pm
Will add to the infuriation for flights where mobile boarding passes aren't available/provided.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Johnny907 Avatar
3 hours ago at 03:54 pm

Let the Sherlocking begin ... (Flighty, but not really - it's still MUCH better!)
That was my first thought. Getting instant updates on gate and aircraft changes as well as soft updates while in the air through the free messaging WiFi tier most airlines offer makes Flighty worth the subscription, and not seeing any of that here, just piggybacking off the airline’s own apps.
If those were worth anything, Flighty wouldn’t be so popular in the first place.
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escargot3 Avatar
3 hours ago at 03:15 pm
They said in the keynote that this live activity can also be shared with friends or family etc too
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JohnC1959 Avatar
2 hours ago at 04:19 pm

I usually fly United and I prefer that app vs having to add it to wallet, but that’s just me.
All info in a single app…
While I generally use the airline's app, the boarding pass in the wallet is often quicker to bring up. Hard to complain about having BOTH options available
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
3 hours ago at 03:02 pm
I usually fly United and I prefer that app vs having to add it to wallet, but that’s just me.
All info in a single app…
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)