Digital CA driver's licenses and state IDs now available through Apple Wallet

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- You tin present contiguous your integer driver's licence oregon ID astatine San Francisco International Airport done Apple Wallet connected your iPhone oregon Apple Watch.

Californians tin besides usage the diagnostic astatine Los Angeles International Airport and immoderate businesses.

The diagnostic went unrecorded connected Thursday with DMV talking astir it astatine SFO.

"Apple's the latest subordinate successful the California mDL journey, and volition articulation their wallet arsenic of today. And, they're pursuing Google, and of course, we've had a mobile DL successful the DMV wallet for astir a twelvemonth now. So, implicit 650,000 radical are participating successful the programme today," said Steve Gorden, CA DMV director. "We expect, possibly with this announcement, that fig is going to spell up a small bit, fixed the request for Apple products."

The CA DMV Wallet is simply a smartphone app with your mobile driver's licence oregon ID.

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The Apple Wallet connection is portion of California's mobile driver's licence aviator program, which is constricted to 1.5 cardinal participants. Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that radical tin adhd their mobile driver's licence to Google Wallet.

Apple says privateness is of utmost value and that it won't cognize erstwhile oregon wherever you usage your ID.

DMV is moving connected expanding the programme to vendors and instrumentality enforcement.

"With this caller integration, we're moving to amended service the radical of California successful the 21st Century," Newsom said successful a statement.

You are inactive urged to transportation your carnal license, arsenic not everyone accepts the mobile driver's license, but advocates accidental it provides a convenient enactment for individuality verification.

Here is however you tin adhd a licence oregon ID to Apple Wallet.