After announcing its plans last month, Apple is now formally rolling out support for adding IDs to Apple Wallet in California.Additionally, the company has announced that Montana, New Mexico, and West Virginia have now committed to supporting IDs in Wallet.The feature will also come to Japan, which has signed on to bring “My Number Card” to Apple Wallet.
This will mark the first international expansion of the feature.Apple says that support for storing California driver’s licenses and state IDs in Apple Wallet comes as part of California’s broader mobile driver’s license (mDL) pilot program.This program is limited to 1.5 million participants.
Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, says: With the addition of California, Apple’s Ids in Wallet feature is now available or rolling out in seven states: Ohio Maryland Arizona Georgia Colorado California Hawaii In those states, iPhone users can add their ID to Apple Wallet by following these steps: Open the Wallet app on your iPhone and tap the in the top right corner Choose or Tap or You may be required to log in to your state’s DMV/MVD website to authorize adding your ID to Apple Wallet Here’s what Apple says about where you can use your ID via Apple Wallet: You can find a full map of airports that accept digital IDs at security checkpoints on the TSA website.As it stands right now, your mileage may vary when using your Apple Wallet ID at businesses.Apple says that it will be accepted at “select businesses and venues,” without any more specific information.
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