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Apple is expanding AirDrop in iOS 17.2 with a new feature that lets you more easily share boarding passes, movie tickets, and "other eligible passes," according to the release notes.
The feature is similar to Apple's existing NameDrop feature, which lets you share your contact details by holding your iPhone atop another iPhone, MacRumors reports.
Once iOS 17.2 rolls out, you can open the Wallet app and tap the pass you want to share. Hold your iPhone near the top of another iPhone and click the Share button when it appears. The pass will then be sent to the other iPhone through AirDrop.
Both phones will have to be on iOS 17.2 for this new feature to work. You'll also need to enable AirDrop and the Bringing Devices Together feature under Settings > General > AirDrop.
As MacRumors notes, you can already share passes through other iOS apps like Messages and even AirDrop, but this NameDrop-like functionality speeds up the process a bit.
The full iOS 17.2 rollout is expected next week, and also brings the long-awaited launch of the Journal app, a fix for an annoying Wi-Fi connection issue, and Qi2 Wireless Charging support for older iPhones. Plus, there's a fix for a NameDrop bug that causes sharing to sporadically fail.