Apple in September 2021 announced that it was working with several states across America to roll out the ability for their residents to seamlessly and securely add their driver’s license or state ID to Wallet on their iPhone and Apple Watch.
At the time, Apple stated, “Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to introduce this new innovation to their residents, with Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah to follow.” Today, driver’s license or state IDs in the Wallet app are available in only four U.S. states: Arizona, Georgia, Colorado, and Maryland.
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors:
In March 2022, Apple said the additional eight states listed below would “soon” allow residents to add their driver’s license or state ID to the Wallet app, but it is now two years later and none of these states support the feature yet.
• Connecticut
• Hawaii
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Mississippi
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• UtahApple said the feature would also be supported in Puerto Rico.
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Sounds more like America’s states slowness in utilising new technology.
I live in a state so backward that there are no dance halls open on Sundays (some exceptions) and liquor and beer are sold in seperate rooms and no liquor on Sunday. Package stores all close at 7pm. I’m not holding my breath for drivers license on iPhone any time before I die. Before you ask, South Carolina.
I’ve been beta testing a digital drivers license in California. It uses it’s own app rather than the iOS wallet.