Spot Gift

Spot lets you send a real Starbucks treat to a friend without leaving your texts.

You're already in the conversation — "rough week?", "thanks for covering me", "happy birthday." Spot turns that moment into something they can actually use. Pick a drink, wrap it, and it goes off as a little sealed gift right in the thread.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Open Spot from the apps row in Messages.
2. Pick a Starbucks drink — an Iced Matcha Latte, a Caramel Macchiato, a Pink Drink. The drink is the gift, funded at its real menu price.
3. Add a stamp (Birthday, Thanks, Congrats) and a short note if you want, then send.
4. It arrives in the thread as a sealed gift to peel open.

WHEN THEY OPEN IT Your friend taps to unwrap, confirms it's them with a quick text code, and the Starbucks card drops straight into Apple Wallet. They show it at the counter and order their drink. They can spot you one back with a tap if they want.

THE PERSON RECEIVING DOESN'T NEED MUCH There's no separate account to create — confirming is a single text code. Off iPhone, the same gift opens on the web, so the card still reaches them.

WHY PEOPLE LIKE IT

• It lives where the moment happens: your text thread.
• The gift is a drink, not a number — you spot a matcha, not "$5."
• The card lands in Apple Wallet, ready at the counter.
• Quick to send, quick to claim.

AT LAUNCH Spot is starting with Starbucks drinks in the Bay Area. One shop, real menu prices, done well — more to come.