Last week Apple launched a new feature for iOS 26.1 users: Digital ID in Apple Wallet. Here’s why the new feature could become a gift that keeps giving.
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Apple Wallet recently launched a new Digital ID feature using US passports, but support for state driver’s licenses continues to grow too, and two new states have now pledged support for the feature.
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Apple Wallet’s digital ID support continues expanding, with West Virginia the latest addition. Here are the details.
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Very slowly but surely, Apple has been expanding the list of US states and territories that support IDs in Apple Wallet. After adding Montana last month, North Dakota is now the latest to join.
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Apple Wallet launched support for digital state IDs, including driver’s licenses, all the way back in 2022. Currently only 10 locations support the feature, but we may have just learned what the next three states will be.
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Apple Wallet’s slow rollout of digital driver’s licenses in the US keeps progressing. But across the pond, the UK government just announced its own solution for digital IDs.
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Apple continues to add new supported states to its Wallet digital ID program. Slowly but surely, more of the US makes it possible to include your driver’s license digitally on iPhone and Apple Watch. The latest addition? New Mexico now supports digital IDs.
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Earlier this month we reported that California seemed to be prepping to support digital IDs in Apple Wallet. And now it’s official: digital driver’s licenses and state IDs are coming to California very soon.
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The years-long process of replacing physical driver’s licenses and ID cards with iPhone and Android has moved at the painfully slow speed of government. The number of states that support Apple’s digital ID feature in the Wallet app remains in the single digits.
Some states have issued digital ID cards through dedicated apps instead. However, one state on that list has abruptly fallen off for now.
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