Your Samsung phone is changing &ndash and becoming a bit more like an iPhone TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Your Samsung phone is changing &ndash and becoming a bit more like an iPhone By James Rogerson published 16 June 2022 Samsung Wallet has arrived A Samsung Galaxy S22 (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff) Audio player loading… One of the great things about smartphones is that the software is always changing, with features regularly being added and improved, and so it is with Samsung phones, as they now have access to a Samsung Wallet app. This new app is essentially a combination of the old Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass apps, but with a few new features, and with Samsung Blockchain Wallet integration for good measure. From the Samsung Wallet app you can store payment cards (to make contactless payments) and also store loyalty and membership cards. But you can also use it as a password manager to store and access your passwords, and if you own any cryptocurrencies then you can use Samsung Wallet to check their value, across various exchanges. (Image credit: Samsung) Other documents such as COVID-19 vaccination records can also be stored in Samsung Wallet, and so can boarding passes, though airlines will need to opt into this, and at the moment it sounds like only Korean Air has done. And thanks to SmartThings integration, Samsung Wallet can also be used to house digital home and car keys. The company has so far partnered with nine home security companies for this, as well as with BMW, Genesis, and Hyundai – though only select cars are supported. Over time, Samsung expects to sign up more car brands too. Samsung is also aiming to support things like driver's licenses and student IDs within Wallet from later this year. Of course, with all this important information housed in Samsung Wallet it needs some serious security, and for that Samsung is using its Knox security platform, which allows Wallet to encrypt data and require a fingerprint for access. Really sensitive data can also be stored in an isolated environment, to protect against hacking. If you live in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy or Spain and have a Samsung Pay-enabled Galaxy phone running Android 9 or later then you should have access to Samsung Wallet now. Just open Samsung Pay or Samsung Pass and you'll be prompted to migrate your data to the new service. Analysis following in Apple s footsteps If the features of Samsung Wallet sound familiar, that's probably because iPhone users have access to a very similar offering in the form of Apple Wallet. The feature set isn't identical, but the idea is basically the same, with Apple Wallet housing payment cards, car keys, boarding passes, loyalty cards, tickets and more. In fact, it even supports driver's license and state IDs in a few areas, so it's slightly ahead of Samsung there. Google is also working on a similar idea called – unsurprisingly – Google Wallet, which is likely to launch soon. So if you have an Android phone but not a Samsung one then you won't have to miss out on all this Wallet goodness for long.After a new handset? These are the best Samsung phones James RogersonJames is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything 'smart', from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV. See more Mobile phones news TechRadar Newsletter Sign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1PC gamers are shunning high-end GPUs – spelling trouble for the Nvidia RTX 40902Canceled by Netflix: it's the end of the road for Firefly Lane3It looks like Fallout's spiritual successor is getting a PS5 remaster4Beg all you want - these beer game devs will not break the laws of physics for you 51000TB SSDs could become mainstream by 2030 as Samsung plans 1000-layer NAND1We finally know what 'Wi-Fi' stands for - and it's not what you think2Brave is about to solve one of the most frustrating problems with browsing the web3She-Hulk episode 8 just confirmed Netflix's Daredevil TV show is canon in the MCU4A whole new breed of SSDs is about to break through5Logitech's latest webcam and headset want to relieve your work day frustrations Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)