Apple Working With US States to Add Driver’s Licences in Apple Wallet

Apple has introduced that it’s working with a number of US states to roll out the power to retailer driver’s licence or state ID on a consumer’s Apple Wallet on an iPhone or an Apple Watch. Connecticut is amongst eight states that will probably be partnering with Apple, which is able to enable for the storage of the license in its Wallet software, very similar to a bank card, the corporate stated.

The information will probably be encrypted, and prospects will probably be required to make use of biometric authentication corresponding to facial or fingerprint recognition to entry the license, the company said.

Arizona and Georgia would be the first states to roll out the Apple model of the digital licence, with Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah to observe subsequent yr, the governor’s workplace stated.

The Transportation Security Administration plans to permit the IDs for use at designated airport safety checkpoints, the governor’s workplace stated.

Other corporations are also engaged on making digital identifications for smartphones, together with IDEMIA, which has launched cell ID apps in three states this yr and expects to launch a further seven earlier than 2021 ends.