{"id":279064,"date":"2025-11-12T22:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/279064\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:16:08","slug":"apple-wallets-new-digital-id-lets-you-travel-with-just-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/279064\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Wallet\u2019s New Digital ID Lets You Travel with Just Your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Apple-Digital-ID-in-Wallet-hero_big.jpg.large.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Apple-Digital-ID-in-Wallet-hero_bigjpglarge_.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Digital ID in Wallet hero_big.jpg.large.\" width=\"799\" height=\"449\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has launched a new Digital ID feature for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iphoneincanada.ca\/2025\/06\/25\/hidden-f1-movie-promo-in-apple-wallet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Wallet<\/a>, allowing users in the U.S. to create a digital identification card using their U.S. passport. The feature is rolling out in beta and will first work at TSA checkpoints in more than 250 airports across the country for domestic travel.<\/p>\n<p>Digital ID acts as an alternative for those without a REAL ID\u2013compliant driver\u2019s license or state ID. It won\u2019t replace a passport for international travel but offers a secure way to prove identity using an iPhone or Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the launch of Digital ID, we\u2019re excited to expand the ways users can store and present their identity \u2014 all with the security and privacy built into iPhone and Apple Watch,\u201d said Jennifer Bailey, Apple\u2019s vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, in a statement on Wednesday. \u201cSince introducing the ability to add a driver\u2019s license or state ID to Apple Wallet in 2022, we\u2019ve seen how much users love having their ID right on their devices. Digital IDs brings this secure and convenient option to even more users across the country, as they can now add an ID to Wallet using information from their U.S. passport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Apple-Digital-ID-in-Wallet-passport_inline.jpg.large.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Digital ID in Wallet passport_inline.jpg.large.\" width=\"571\" height=\"800\" border=\"0\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Apple-Digital-ID-in-Wallet-passport_inlinejpglarge_.jpg\"\/>Setting it up involves scanning the passport\u2019s photo page and embedded chip, taking a selfie, and completing facial-movement verification. Once verified, the digital ID appears in Wallet and can be shown at checkpoints or readers with Face ID or Touch ID confirmation. You basically just hover your iPhone or Apple Watch over the TSA identity reader and it will authenticate your ID, just like using Apple Pay. Now that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/11\/apple-introduces-digital-id-a-new-way-to-create-and-present-an-id-in-apple-wallet\/?1762965032\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> all data is encrypted and stored on the device, meaning it cannot track when or where IDs are used. Only the requested information is shared during verification.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Apple Wallet supports driver\u2019s licenses and state IDs in 12 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, along with Japan\u2019s My Number Card. More uses\u2014such as ID and age verification at businesses and apps\u2014are planned for future updates. No word on any Canadian digital IDs being supported inside Apple Wallet. But this new feature looks to make it easier for Americans travelling domestically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has launched a new Digital ID feature for Apple Wallet, allowing users in the U.S. to create&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":["post-279064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}