{"id":901499,"date":"2026-09-22T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901499\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:02:16","slug":"apple-wallet-drivers-licenses-coming-to-three-new-states-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901499\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Wallet driver\u2019s licenses coming to three new states soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/apple-wallet-ios-26.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple Wallet driver\u2019s licenses recently launched in <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/08\/26\/apple-wallet-drivers-license-support-launches-in-virginia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/09\/02\/apple-wallet-drivers-license-support-launches-in-oklahoma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma<\/a>, but three more states are expected to follow soon, bringing us close to 20 US states on board.<\/p>\n<p>Utah, Kentucky, and North Carolina appear set to launch driver\u2019s licenses in Apple Wallet soon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/licenses.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960848\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital IDs are becoming far more common than they were when Apple first added support in the Wallet app back in 2021. And today, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/digital-id-drivers-license-iphone-states-airports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16 US states<\/a> plus Puerto Rico support the feature on iPhone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest additions, Virginia and Oklahoma, debuted just in the last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it looks like three more states will be coming soon:<\/p>\n<p>Utah<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This summer <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/24\/apple-wallet-drivers-licenses-coming-to-two-more-states-soon-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">evidence was discovered<\/a> of both Utah and Virginia being added to Apple\u2019s backend for driver\u2019s license support. Virginia has since gone live, so it\u2019s expected that Utah will launch as one of the next supported states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kentucky <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/01\/06\/kentucky-mobile-id-support-coming-soon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously announced<\/a> it will support Apple Wallet driver\u2019s licenses after upgrading its digital ID system this summer. All indications are that the upgrade has been completed, so based on the state\u2019s original plans, we should see licenses in Apple Wallet soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/08\/17\/apple-wallet-drivers-license-is-coming-to-new-us-state-soon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently announced<\/a> the launch of its new digital driver\u2019s license system. As part of the announcement, it confirmed licenses will be supported in Apple Wallet by early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional states might always surprise us and launch in Wallet before Utah, Kentucky, or North Carolina. We\u2019ve seen a clear acceleration of states signing on to offer Wallet driver\u2019s licenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But for now at least, the three states above appear the strongest candidates to debut soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more info on states that have pledged Apple Wallet support, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/08\/18\/apple-wallet-drivers-licenses-states-coming-soon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see our coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would you use an Apple Wallet driver\u2019s license if it launched in your state? Are you using one already? Let us know how it\u2019s going via the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.sjv.io\/X45Loy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy iPhone with 15% discount from Apple refurbished<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096533_114_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096534_823_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4h71BAQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1069498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790096536_413_09-10-iPhone-18-Pro-Ghost-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple Wallet driver\u2019s licenses recently launched in Virginia and Oklahoma, but three more states are expected to follow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-901499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}