Earlier this month we reported that California gave the impression to be prepping to help digital IDs in Apple Pockets. And now it’s official: digital driver’s licenses and state IDs are coming to California very quickly.

Digital ID help in California

Right here’s Apple’s announcement:

Californians will quickly have the ability to add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Pockets, offering a seamless and safe option to current driver’s licenses or state IDs utilizing simply an iPhone or Apple Watch.

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Customers with an ID in Apple Pockets can use their iPhone or Apple Watch to current their ID in particular person at choose TSA safety checkpoints and companies, in addition to in choose apps to confirm their age or id.

The characteristic will likely be rolling out ‘within the coming weeks,’ in keeping with the California governor’s workplace.

It’s noteworthy that California’s official announcement says this characteristic ‘doesn’t change the requirement for people to hold a bodily [ID] card.’ As a substitute, it stresses that digital IDs are extra concerning the further comfort they require. So that they’re not a substitute for bodily ID, simply a further choice.

Digital IDs had been first introduced in 2021, so it’s stunning that Apple’s house state took so lengthy to undertake the characteristic. Nevertheless, it’s nice to see digital IDs lastly come to Apple Pockets and in such a populous state as California.

I suppose California isn’t precisely far behind many of the remainder of the US.

States supporting digital IDs in Apple Pockets

At the moment, IDs in Apple Pockets are provided in 5 different states:

• Arizona
• Colorado
• Georgia
• Maryland
• Ohio

With California now formally on board for digital IDs, maybe extra states will begin to add help for the characteristic.

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