Two More U.S. States Commit to Offering iPhone Driver's Licenses in Apple Wallet App

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.


Earlier this week, Illinois became the 13th authorities successful the U.S. to offer the feature. Subsequently, we shared a database of further states that are committed to offering the feature successful the future, arsenic antecedently announced by Apple:

• Connecticut


• Kentucky


• Mississippi


• Oklahoma


• Utah

As it turns out, 2 much states person "signed connected to follow ID successful Apple Wallet successful the future," according to their government websites:

• Arkansas


• Virginia

Arkansas launched a mobile ID app successful August. It works with Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, and Apple Wallet enactment is coming later.

Virginia launched a mobile ID app past week, and it announced it volition "prepare for integration with integer wallets" successful the "coming months."

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.

To acceptable up the feature, unfastened the Wallet app and pat connected the positive motion successful the top-right corner. Next, prime Driver's License and ID Cards and travel the steps.

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.

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.

Thanks, Michael Gannon!
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