• Some Wear OS watches are starting to show Google Wallet photo passes with patterns like QR codes or barcodes. • Standard photo-only passes still don’t appear, based on our testing. • This may be an early test of limited support for scannable custom passes on smartwatches.

Update: August 8, 2025 (2:15 PM ET): More confirmation of this change is coming in from the Android Authority team. Rita El Khoury shared the photos of a custom photo pass on her Pixel Watch 3 below. She explained that the details of the event, including date, location, and seat, all show when she now opens Google Wallet on her smartwatch. While we’ve obscured the barcode in these shots, its inclusion is likely the reason that this custom pass is available on the wearable.

Original article: August 7, 2025 (7:27 PM

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