{"id":723793,"date":"2026-06-24T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/723793\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:49:10","slug":"tsa-adds-google-wallet-enrollment-for-precheck-touchless-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/723793\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA adds Google Wallet enrollment for PreCheck Touchless ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched a partnership with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/google-wallet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Google Wallet<\/a> that will allow eligible travelers to enroll in TSA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/precheck-touchless-id\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PreCheck Touchless ID<\/a> directly through the digital wallet app.<\/p>\n<p>The program is designed to make it easier for TSA PreCheck members to use dedicated Touchless ID lanes, where facial comparison technology verifies a traveler\u2019s identity without requiring the routine presentation of a physical ID or boarding pass.<\/p>\n<p>Google Wallet is the first digital wallet to offer the enrollment feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products-and-platforms\/platforms\/google-pay\/google-wallet-tsa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to<\/a> TSA and Google.<\/p>\n<p>Travelers who check in with a participating airline and add their boarding pass to Google Wallet may see a \u201cGet started\u201d prompt if they have an eligible digital ID.<\/p>\n<p>Selecting the prompt directs the traveler to a TSA consent page, where the traveler authorizes Google Wallet to share the relevant digital ID and boarding-pass information with TSA.<\/p>\n<p>After TSA confirms the enrollment, Google Wallet updates the boarding pass with a TSA PreCheck Touchless ID indicator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur collaboration with Google helps our trusted TSA PreCheck travelers enjoy the fastest route through airport security,\u201d said TSA Modernization Acting Chief Innovation Officer Shelu Patel.<\/p>\n<p>TSA PreCheck Touchless ID is now available at 65 airports. The Google Wallet rollout is intended to expand access across participating airports and more than 100 TSA PreCheck airlines, rather than requiring travelers to enroll separately through an airline-specific process.<\/p>\n<p>Travelers may still add a valid passport to their profile through Alaska, American, Delta, Hawaiian, Southwest or United and manually opt in for each carrier. The Google Wallet option creates a more centralized pathway for eligible travelers who use participating airlines.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion is another step in TSA\u2019s continuing shift toward biometric and digital identity systems at airport checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Participation remains voluntary, and availability will depend on whether a traveler is eligible, using a participating airline and departing from an airport equipped with TSA PreCheck Touchless ID lanes.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tArticle Topics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/digital-id\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital ID<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/digital-wallets\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital wallets<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/google\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/google-wallet\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Wallet<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/identity-verification\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">identity verification<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/precheck-touchless-id\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PreCheck Touchless ID<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/tag\/tsa\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLatest Biometrics News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202606\/india-considers-nationwide-facial-recognition-network-for-airports\" class=\"pic\" style=\"background-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/d1sr9z1pdl3mb7.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/09174405\/FRT-match.png&#039;) ; background-size:cover ; position:relative\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJun 24, 2026, 3:17 pm EDT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) wants to deploy facial recognition cameras across all major Indian airports. 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A high-quality bottle of extra virgin olive oil from Italy or Spain can be\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched a partnership with Google Wallet that will allow eligible travelers to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-723793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}