Apple Wallet Driver’s Licenses Reported to Expand to Virginia

Overview

• Multiple outlets reported on Friday that Apple Wallet driver’s license support is set to roll out in Virginia, though Apple and the Virginia DMV have not provided a public timetable.
• Virginia would join 14 states and Puerto Rico that already allow residents to add a driver’s license or state ID to the Wallet app, following Arkansas’s launch earlier that week.
• The Wallet ID feature requires recent Apple hardware and software, for example an iPhone 8 or later with iOS 16.5+ or an Apple Watch Series 4 or later with watchOS 9.5+, and users add IDs through the Wallet app’s Driver’s License and ID Cards flow.
• Real-world use remains limited: Wallet IDs are accepted at hundreds of TSA checkpoints for domestic travel and at select venues, they are not accepted by law enforcement, and Apple and states advise carrying a physical ID.
• Apple’s passport-powered Digital ID option offers an alternate route for U.S. passport holders to create a Wallet ID regardless of state participation, a change that tempers the impact of the slow, state-by-state rollout.