Californians can now add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

As announced past month, up to 1.5 cardinal aviator participants tin adhd the documents to Apple Wallet by scanning their driver’s licence oregon authorities ID paper utilizing their iPhone and past providing a scan of their look utilizing a “series of facial and caput movements” arsenic an added information measure. The scans volition request to beryllium verified by the authorities earlier the documents are made disposable successful Wallet.

However, arsenic it’s inactive lone authorized for constricted usage, the authorities DMV advises users to proceed carrying their carnal IDs, too.

Starting today, the integer IDs tin beryllium utilized astatine “select TSA checkpoints” astatine San Francisco International, Los Angeles International, and Mineta San Jose International airports without users having to manus implicit carnal copies of their licenses, IDs, oregon their iPhones. They tin besides beryllium presented to participating businesses and venues arsenic impervious of individuality and age.

According to Apple, IDs stored successful Apple Wallet are encrypted (including the past of erstwhile it’s been presented) connected a instrumentality and that information is not accessible by Apple oregon the authorities issuing the ID. The accusation tin not beryllium accessed until authorized utilizing Face ID oregon Touch ID, and displaying it doesn’t necessitate the instrumentality to beryllium afloat unlocked, Apple says.

California joins six different states that already enactment Apple Wallet IDs, including Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Hawaii, and Ohio. Montana, New Mexico, and West Virginia volition yet articulation them.