Open Wallet app using Control Centre on iOS 18 is unpredictable.

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Open Wallet app using Control Centre on iOS 18 is unpredictable.

I use Control Centre on my iPhone 15 Pro Max to open the Wallet app, and the app usually opens on its main page with "Wallet" shown on the top left and all my credit cards and store cards below.

Since upgrading to iOS 18, this behaviour has become unpredictable.

Sometimes the app opens as above, and sometimes the behaviour is identical to the double-click action (or selecting "Default Card" from the control's context menu.

I am not sure how it decides which action to take, if this is a new feature, or if this is a bug in iOS 18.

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Sep 26, 2024 2:32 AM

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Answer 1

Jeff Donald

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Sep 26, 2024 6:59 AM in response to akjiro

Which iOS 18 version are you on? I’m very familiar with Wallet in the Control Center. The curious situation is the icon to add the app is not even in the options to add to Control Center on my 15 Pro Max.

I did find it on an old iPhone XR on iOS 18.0. On the old iPhone it opens the Wallet app as expected.

You are aware that double clicking the side button activates Apple Pay and FaceID. Tapping the Wallet icon in Control Center opens the Wallet app. Those are two different functions and they shouldn’t behave the same.

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akjiro Author

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Sep 26, 2024 6:27 AM in response to Jeff Donald

First I added the Wallet control to the Control Centre (Use and customize Control Center on iPhone – Apple Support (UK))

Then I can open Control Centre (Access Control Centre on your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)) and tap the control to open Wallet.

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Jeff Donald

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Sep 26, 2024 7:39 AM in response to akjiro

As I noted above, the Xr has the Wallet in its Control Center, but my 15 Pro Max does not.

No Wallet and no category either. I’d guess it’s buggy for both of us.

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Jeff Donald

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Sep 26, 2024 5:20 AM in response to akjiro

How exactly are you opening Wallet app with Control Center?

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Answer 5

akjiro Author

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Sep 26, 2024 7:31 AM in response to Jeff Donald

I am using iOS 18.0 (22A3354).

If I open Control Centre, hold to edit, then "Add a Control"...

The Wallet has its own section near the bottom with two controls, "Wallet" and "Tap to Cash", as shown here:

My problem is that the wallet control sometimes behaves the same as double clicking the side button, which is strange and never happened before upgrading to 18.0.

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