Apple Just Expanded iPhone Driver's License Feature to 14th U.S. State

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In prime U.S. states, residents tin add their driver's licence oregon authorities ID to the Apple Wallet app connected the iPhone and Apple Watch, and past usage it to show impervious of individuality oregon property astatine prime airports and businesses, and successful prime apps.


Starting today, the diagnostic is disposable successful Arkansas, which is the 14th authorities to connection it. However, it whitethorn instrumentality immoderate clip to rotation retired to each users.

To acceptable up the feature, unfastened the Wallet app connected the iPhone and pat connected the positive motion successful the top-right corner. Next, pat connected Driver's License and ID Cards, prime Arkansas from the list, and travel the on-screen steps to implicit the process.

Supported States


The pursuing states connection driver's licenses successful the Wallet app:The diagnostic is besides disposable successful Puerto Rico.

Future States


Apple oregon section DMV offices antecedently announced that the pursuing U.S. states had signed connected to follow the feature, but nary timeframes were disclosed:
  • Connecticut

  • Kentucky

  • Mississippi

  • Oklahoma

  • Utah

  • Virginia

Participating Airports


Apple Wallet IDs are accepted astatine TSA checkpoints successful much than 250 airports successful the U.S., for home travel. Given that Apple Wallet IDs are not accepted by instrumentality enforcement, and deficiency galore different usage cases, carrying a carnal ID is inactive necessary.

Here are conscionable immoderate of the airports that connection the diagnostic — there are hundreds of others:
  • Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)

  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

  • Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)

  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)

  • Denver International Airport (DEN)

  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG)

  • John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)

  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

  • San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC)

  • Los Angeles International (LAX)

  • Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)

  • Des Moines International Airport (DSM)

  • Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)

  • Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)

  • Lea County Regional Airport (HOB)

  • Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)

  • Billings Logan International Airport (BIL)

  • Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN)

  • Great Falls International Airport (GTF)

  • Missoula International Airport (MSO)

  • Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)

  • Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)

  • St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)

  • Richmond International Airport (RIC)

  • Norfolk International Airport (ORF)

  • Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA)

  • Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport (PHF)
Travelers should notation to TSA signage to corroborate availability of the feature.

Digital Passport



If you unrecorded successful a authorities that does not yet connection Apple Wallet IDs, you tin present create a Digital ID based connected your U.S. passport, and contiguous it astatine the aforesaid participating TSA checkpoints, for property and individuality verification purposes during home travel. It is not a replacement for a carnal passport, and it cannot beryllium utilized for planetary travel.

This diagnostic requires iOS 26.1 oregon watchOS 26.1 and later.
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