Digital IDs from eleven U.S. states are now acceptable travel ID for the Transportation Safety Administration’s airport agents, but there are still issues remaining for some of the states.
The IDs, which will also meet the standards for Real ID that come into effect next May, are essentially certified copies of state driver and non-driver license cards. They are loaded into an app for presentation at the checkpoint.
However, conflicting apps and systems have created a two-tiered system in which the IDs for eleven states can be loaded and displayed in Apple Wallet, while only five can be added as yet to Google Wallet. Android useres in those states need to display the ID in state-supported apps such as New York’s MiD.
Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia and Maryland residents can add their state ID to either wallet, but only Apple users so far can add Iowa, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Utah and the latest to join, Hawaii.
