You Can Use Your iPhone As an ID in These 16 States

Since iOS 15.4, Apple has allowed you to add a driver’s licence or another province ID to your iPhone’s digital wallet. That was a during ago, seeing as we fair got iOS 27 (or what would've been iOS 20, had Apple not changed how it names the updates) final month. But that doesn’t average you’ve been needlessly carrying your ID about since then—some participating states have been dilatory to rotate out assistance for the feature, and most have yet to sign on at all.

When I archetypal covered this characteristic in 2022, only two states actively allowed you to add your ID to your iPhone, during 10 additional (plus Puerto Rico) had confirmed plans to recommendation the choice eventually, on a free timeline of “soon.” Fast onward four years, and just 16 states and one district now officially authorize you to add IDs to Wallet.

These states assistance digital ID now

Here’s the complete catalog as it stands in October 2026:

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• Arizona

• Arkansas

• California

• Colorado

• Georgia

• Hawaii

• Illinois

• Iowa

• Maryland

• Montana

• New Mexico

• North Dakota

• Ohio

• Oklahoma

• Puerto Rico

• Virginia

• West Virginia

In addition, the U.S. supports adding your password to the Wallet app as a digital ID.

Support is motionless "coming soon" in these states

These states had initially pledged that assistance was "coming soon," but following four years, motionless haven't committed:

• Connecticut

• Kentucky

• Mississippi

• Utah

States that volition not assistance digital ID

I am not amazed that several states are delaying assistance for digital IDs, but up until recently, none had rejected the features outright. That changed this week, as reported by 9to5Mac, as officials from the two Florida and Rhode Island independently rejected digital IDs for their states. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida posted his dismissal on X:

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Meanwhile, Walter Craddock, Chair of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) International Board of Directors, stated the following on a podcast:

I desire to see additional worldwide acceptance or need for an MDL [mobile drivers license]. I had one of my senators method and try to conversation me into doing it. I had to provision him the old Heisman move and shove him back…the chief person correct now is TSA. Up until recently, there was no airfield in New England area that could obtain an MDL. So why would I expend the prosperity in the betterment of it? And also, I’m looking to do a resolution that is throughout all platforms. Instead of fair doing one for Apple or the Google Wallets, I don’t desire to replicate and copy efforts.

In short, don't anticipate digital IDs to arrive to either of these states anytime soon—not that the program is expanding all that quickly elsewhere.

Airports anywhere you can use a digital ID in Apple Wallet

Now, be warned: You can't merely hand a cop your iPhone whenever you get pulled over. There are specific, constricted use cases for this feature. Right now, that method identifying yourself at the airport, as fine as at choose businesses. Apple worked alongside the TSA to create this happen, and during it used to keep an energetic catalog of supported airports, it seems to have taken it down. This is the catalog as it was final updated:

• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)

• Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG)

• Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)

• Denver International Airport (DEN)

• Des Moines International Airport (DSM)

• Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)

• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

• John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)

• Los Angeles International (LAX)

• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)

• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)

• San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

• San Jose Mineta International (SJC)

• Missoula International Airport (MSO)

• Great Falls International Airport (GTF)

• Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN)

• Billings Logan International Airport (BIL)

• Lea County Regional Airport (HOB)

• Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)

This characteristic volition additionally activity alongside participating businesses to verify your age, including bars, restaurants, liquor stores, festivals, concerts, and certain age-restricted apps. However, there is no catalog of venues that assistance this feature.

How to add a digital ID to your iPhone

If you do live in a supported state, environment up the characteristic is simple. Open Wallet, afterward tap the (+) in the top right, afterward choose “Driver’s License and ID Cards.” Choose your state, afterward choose whether to add the ID to your iPhone 8 or newer, as fine as your Apple Watch Series 4 or newer. (There are caveats here: California requires an iPhone XS or afterward operating iOS 17.5 or newer, or an Apple Watch Series 4 operating at smallest watchOS 10. Puerto Rico requires an iPhone XS or afterward operating iOS 18.1 or newer, or an Apple Watch Series 6 or afterward operating watchOS 11 or newer.)

If you're adding a passport to the Wallet app, there are distinct requirements. Apple says you'll need an iPhone 11 or afterward alongside iOS 26.1 or later, or Apple Watch Series 6 or afterward alongside watchOS 26.1 or later. Either way, you’ll need to scan your ID alongside your iPhone’s camera, afterward scan your visage to demonstrate your identity. Once complete, dispatch all data to your province to confirm. If you live in North Dakota, you volition need to pay a $5 fee to use this feature.

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The next period you fly from a participating airport, you can unlock your iPhone and location it next to the ID scanner. You’ll see your digital ID appear, complete alongside all data you volition be sharing alongside the TSA if you endorse (name, date of birth, sex, issuing authority, and matter and expiration dates).