CA adding mobile driver licenses to smartphones, but you'll still need to carry physical card

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Californians volition soon beryllium capable to load a mobile mentation of their driver's licence oregon authorities ID to their smartphones.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday the diagnostic is simply a portion of the DMV's broader rollout of a mobile Driver's License app that launched arsenic a aviator programme past year.

"We're partnering with 2 iconic California companies - Apple and Google - to supply convenient, backstage and unafraid driver's licenses and ID cards straight connected people's phones," Newsom said successful a statement. "This is simply a large measurement successful our efforts to amended service each Californians, gathering radical wherever they're astatine and with exertion radical usage each day."

Californians volition beryllium capable to contiguous their driver's licence oregon ID paper successful Google Wallet oregon Apple Wallet astatine prime businesses, TSA airdrome information checkpoints astatine participating airports specified arsenic SFO and LAX, and successful prime apps.

Before residents ditch their wallets entirely, California State Law requires residents to transportation their carnal ID card.

However, Newsom says it does marque it easier for Californians needing to validate their property and identity.

Residents tin expect the caller diagnostic successful their smartphone wallet successful the coming weeks.