iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification

In iOS 26, Apple is implementing a caller Digital ID diagnostic that builds connected integration for Driver's Licenses successful the Wallet app. Starting this fall, Apple Wallet volition let iPhone users to adhd a U.S. passport that tin beryllium utilized successful lieu of a carnal passport for home travel.


The Digital ID tin beryllium stored connected the ‌iPhone‌ oregon the Apple Watch, and it tin beryllium utilized astatine prime TSA checkpoints passim the United States. It is Real ID compliant, arsenic a passport tin beryllium presented alternatively of a Real ID erstwhile traveling.

Digital IDs bash not regenerate carnal passports, and Apple warns that they cannot beryllium utilized for planetary question oregon borderline crossings. In these situations, a carnal passport volition beryllium required, but for home travel, ‌iPhone‌ users won't request to propulsion retired a passport and tin alternatively walk done TSA checkpoints quicker.

As with authorities driver's licenses and IDs, Digital IDs volition enactment for property and individuality verification successful apps, retail store locations, and caller successful ‌iOS 26‌, websites. The enactment to adhd a passport to Wallet for usage arsenic an ID enactment volition grow integer recognition features to galore much ‌iPhone‌ users.

U.S. states and territories person been dilatory rolling retired enactment for IDs successful the Wallet app, but it is inactive constricted to Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio, and Puerto Rico.

Apple is adding different travel-friendly features to the Wallet app. There's an overhauled boarding walk acquisition that provides users with a Live Activity overview of their formation and real-time updates. Boarding passes besides connection options to spell to Maps for an airdrome overview, and Find My for tracking luggage.

Apple is partnering with airlines to instrumentality the updated boarding passes, and these airlines volition beryllium the archetypal to enactment the feature: Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Jetstar, Lufthansa Group, Qantas, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Virgin Australia.
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