Apple Wallet on Android

No. Apple Wallet is built into iPhone and Apple Watch (Apple Wallet for developers). Apple does not offer it in Google Play, and there is no Apple account you can sign in to on Android to get it.

What you usually have is not the app but a pass: a boarding pass, event ticket, store card or coupon that someone sent you with an “Add to Apple Wallet” button. That button points to a .pkpass file, the small package Apple Wallet uses to store the pass data, images and barcode. On Android the file is still readable. It just has no app set to open it.

There are three common outcomes, and each has a different fix.

9to5Google tested this in April 2024 and saw all three: an airport parking pass downloaded and imported into Google Wallet, a baseball ticket site blocked the download because it required Safari, and many “Add to Apple Wallet” buttons appeared only in iPhone apps (9to5Google, April 2024).

Sometimes. In March 2024 Google began letting some users import .pkpass files into Google Wallet (AlternativeTo news, March 2024). Google’s help pages still don’t document it, and it does not work for every pass or every phone. So try it first: open the downloaded .pkpass with Google Wallet. If it imports, you have the pass in a wallet with its barcode.

If Google Wallet refuses the file, or you are on a phone without it, open the file in this viewer instead. It shows the pass laid out as designed, with its barcode large enough to scan, but it does not add the pass to any wallet. To see what Google and Samsung document, read how to add a pkpass file to Google Wallet.

Samsung Wallet: Samsung’s Wallet pages don’t mention .pkpass files, and we found no Samsung statement that it opens them. On a Galaxy phone, use Google Wallet if you have it, or this viewer in Samsung Internet or Chrome.

1. Save the .pkpass file to your phone. From an email, tap the attachment’s download icon; from a website, it usually lands in Downloads.
2. On this page, tap Choose a .pkpass file and pick the file from Downloads or wherever you saved it.
3. The pass appears with its colors, logo, fields and barcode. Open Back of the pass for terms, booking reference or contact details.
4. Tap Save as PNG to keep an image in your gallery, so you can show it without a connection.

A bundle of several passes ends in .pkpasses; pick it the same way and the passes open as one set. For step-by-step help on Android phones, see how to open a pkpass file on Android.

The barcode is drawn from the data stored in the pass, in the same format the issuer chose (QR, PDF417, Aztec or Code 128, for example). Before you rely on it, check that it scans with another phone. Turn your brightness up at the gate, and keep the airline or venue app or email as a backup. Some operators accept only their own app or a wallet pass, so check the issuer’s rules.

To print the pass, use PDF export: one payment of US$4.90 covers 30 days, or Pro is US$6.90 a month or US$39 a year (Pricing). Here is how to convert a pkpass file to PDF. Viewing and saving a PNG stay free.

• It is not Apple Wallet. It does not add passes to Apple Wallet, Google Wallet or Samsung Wallet.
• It does not check the pass signature, so a pass that opens here might still be refused by a wallet.
• It does not receive updates from the issuer. Gate changes, delays or new balances will not show; check the airline or venue app for those.
• If a site serves the file only to Safari, this page can’t download it for you.
• If the file won’t open at all, see fix a pkpass file that won’t open.