Venmo Finally Launches An In-App Bill Splitting Feature

Venmo has begun rolling out an in-app receipt-scanning feature that itemizes bills, allocates tax and tip, and generates payment requests, with broad availability expected in a few weeks. The PayPal-owned app said the tool works across mobile devices, and General Manager Alexis Sowa framed it as a way to eliminate the manual math behind a common Venmo use case. The launch follows Apple's iOS 27 addition of bill splitting through Visual Intelligence and Apple Cash, and builds on Venmo Groups, introduced in 2023 for shared recurring expenses like rent and subscriptions. The feature matters because bill splitting is one of the most frequent activities on Venmo, and a smoother tool could deepen engagement and reinforce the app's network effects against Cash App, Apple Cash and Zelle. Watch for adoption once the rollout completes and for whether rivals respond with comparable receipt-scanning capabilities.