{"id":789456,"date":"2026-10-02T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/789456\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:48:09","slug":"android-mydigital-id-app-now-supports-new-mykad-for-registrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/789456\/","title":{"rendered":"Android MyDigital ID app now supports new MyKad for registrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PETALING JAYA: The MyDigital ID app has added support for the latest version of the MyKad, following a brief period when registration using the next-generation identification card was not available on the app.<\/p>\n<p>Support for the new MyKad was added via an update to the Google Play version of the MyDigital ID app.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that existing MyDigital ID users with an active certificate will not need to register again or take any action until its expiry.<\/p>\n<p>Android users with the latest MyKad who are looking to register a new MyDigital ID account should check if their app is version 2.10.0, and update it if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>According to the patch notes, the new version also introduces a new streamlined ID type selection screen, improved name matching for more consistent identity verification, along with performance improvements and bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>The iOS and Huawei store versions of the app have not yet received the update, with MyDigital ID stating via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1FM2CV8eYW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a> to its Facebook page that it will notify users once it is available.<\/p>\n<p>The next-generation MyKad was unveiled in mid-September, featuring a refreshed design and touting over 50 new security features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PETALING JAYA: The MyDigital ID app has added support for the latest version of the MyKad, following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,26716,79668,130388,260026,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-789456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-mobile-apps","tag-mydigital-id","tag-mykad","tag-nric","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}