iOS 26 is a major release for the Wallet app, with several new features available now and upgrades on the way for car keys and passports. Among the new improvements, Apple Wallet’s most neglected feature—order tracking—has gotten the fix it always needed with iOS 26.
Apple Wallet order tracking was a great idea that never took off
I suspect the Wallet app may elicit complicated feelings from the team responsible for its development inside Apple.
Why? Because many new Wallet features have depended heavily on getting outside partners signed on. And without those partners, the features aren’t worth much.
Digital IDs, for example, have rolled out slowly over several years as US states have been in no hurry to support the feature.
It’s a similar story for car keys, with automakers not willing to yield control to Apple.
A few years ago, iOS 16 added another Wallet feature you may have never even heard of: order tracking.
Order tracking sought to consolidate key info about your online purchases from various merchants inside Apple Wallet.
The problem? Not many merchants have supported the feature.
Despite being available for years, I just received my first order inside the Wallet app this past December.
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