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Apple Expands iPhone Driver's License Feature to 10th Location

In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps. As noted by one of our readers Jack, the feature also launched in Puerto Rico this week.

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Below, we outline which U.S. states and territories offer the feature, and additional states that have committed to rolling it out in the feature in the future.

Supported Locations

Committed Locations

In September, Apple announced that the following two states had "signed on" to adopt the feature in the future, but it did not provide a timeframe:

  • Montana
  • West Virginia

West Virginia launched a mobile ID app on the iPhone this week, and said its mobile ID will expand to digital wallets in the "near future."

In March 2022, Apple listed other states that were committed to offering the feature, and some have followed through since then. The remaining ones:

  • Connecticut
  • Kentucky
  • Mississippi
  • Oklahoma
  • Utah

The feature will also work with Japan's My Number Card in the future, according to Apple.

Participating Airports

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Apple Wallet app IDs can be used at select TSA checkpoints within select U.S. airports:

  • Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
  • 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)

Apple says travelers should refer to TSA checkpoint signage to confirm availability of the feature, and the TSA's website offers more details.

In addition to participating TSA checkpoints, Apple in September announced that users would soon be able to present an Apple Wallet ID for CLEAR member enrollment at airports. Apple Wallet IDs can also be used to show proof of age or identity at select businesses and venues in the U.S., although Apple does not maintain a list of specific locations for this.

Top Rated Comments

18 months ago

Be careful with digital ID's- they aren't accepted at any public event or business where security guards check for ID. It's completely fake and mostly just a gimmick.
It’ll take time. My guess 5-10 years it’ll be accepted anywhere you need an id. Tech is always ahead of acceptance. Took 10 years for everyone to accept Apple Pay and still a few hold outs.
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18 months ago
Be careful with digital ID's- they aren't accepted at any public event or business where security guards check for ID. It's completely fake and mostly just a gimmick.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
18 months ago

LOL love my state, an island nation got this before we did.
Not a nation though. :)
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18 months ago

Handy for proof of age (say) but I wouldn't want to hand my iPhone off to law enforcement at any point.
You wouldn’t.
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18 months ago

You wouldn’t.
I wouldn't take my phone out my pocket with law enforcement around, let alone even tap it on a reader....and I haven't so much as been pulled over in over a decade and have no problem interacting with LEO.

I don't even carry my phone when leaving home sometimes.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
18 months ago
Glad to see it gaining momentum finally. California already had a somewhat janky state-run digital ID app but the Apple implementation is way cleaner. (Although most of the recent times I’ve transited LAX, I haven’t had to take my ID out at all. There’s a facial-recognition option at the TSA checkpoint that bypasses all that.)
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