iPhone users may soon find it easier to divide the restaurant bill when dining out with a group of friends.
Apple is preparing a new capability in iOS 27 that lets you snap a photo of a receipt, allocate individual items to different people, and create payment requests, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. This functionality will be integrated with Apple Cash, the peer‑to‑peer payment feature in the Wallet app, allowing you to send, receive, and request money directly from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch without needing a third‑party app.
Gurman noted on Monday that the feature could be unveiled as early as next week during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.
Since its debut as Apple Passbook in 2021, Apple Wallet has gradually evolved into one of the iPhone’s most essential apps. It stores debit and credit cards, gift cards, digital car keys, airline boarding passes, insurance cards, concert and museum tickets, and membership cards. In certain states, users can even add driver’s licenses, state‑issued IDs, or passports.
The upcoming OS is also slated to bring a new method for generating passes in Apple Wallet. According to a Bloomberg report from May, this feature will work with tickets and passes that contain scannable QR codes, enabling customers to import the code and create a custom pass.
iOS 27 is expected to be previewed next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference and should launch in September alongside the iPhone 18.
Apple representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
