At the Money20/20 USA conference this weekend, Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s VP of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, gave a keynote address highlighting the strength of Apple’s payment ecosystem, the expanding capabilities of Apple Wallet, and announcing the upcoming addition of Digital IDs—including support for U.S. passports.
One of the most popular Apple Wallet features is support for storing your ID or driver’s license in the app. We’ve been chronicling the rollout of this feature since it first launched in 2021, and it recently hit its latest state with the addition of West Virginia last week. In total, the feature is supported in 12 states and Puerto Rico, as well as with Japan’s My Number Card.
During her keynote address, Bailey also reaffirmed that Apple will soon roll out Digital IDs in Wallet with support for US passports. This feature is currently expected to launch sometime before the end of the year. This will enable users to securely present an ID at select TSA checkpoints during domestic travel.
MacDailyNews Take: When it’s released, we’ll need to go through several TSA checkpoints and have it proven to work every time before we even think of traveling without our physical passports.
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