Digitize your wallet
Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

Digitize your wallet

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 3, 20268 min
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The days of carrying a stack of plastic cards are over. Your phone can hold everything in one smart wallet. No separate apps needed. Hear how to set it up in minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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That fat stack of plastic in your wallet, the gym card, the library card, all those grocery rewards cards. Your phone can hold every one of them now, even the ones without an app. I'm Kim Commander for Hostinger. If you can describe it, you can build it. Hostinger's AI builds your entire website from one sentence. No

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coding required. Get 10% off at hostinger.com slash Kim. If it has a bar code or a QR code, it can live on your phone. iPhone owners, the iOS 27 update added this to Apple Wallet. Tap the plus sign and choose create a pass and follow the prompts to add the card's barcode. Pick a color so you can spot it fast. On

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Android, open Google Wallet, tap Add to Wallet and everything else and snap a photo of the card. That's it, you're done. At checkout, pull up the card on your phone and they scan it. Your wallet gets thinner and your bank will thank you. And while you're in there, see if your state also supports putting your

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