West Virginia has just become the thirteenth U.S. state or territory to support digital driver’s licenses and IDs stored in the Wallet app on iPhone or Apple Watch.
Check our list to see if your state has already joined the program.
Apple helps take driver’s licenses digital
Leather wallets are so 20th century. Tap-and-go payments via an iPhone or Apple Watch can replace credit cards and cash. However, most people still need to carry around an old-fashioned plastic driver’s license. Apple is doing what it can to make them obsolete, though, and a handful of U.S. states have adopted Apple’s system for digital driver’s licenses. West Virginia just joined the list.
Exact details are scanty because the WV Department of Transportation has not yet made an official announcement. Users just noticed that West Virginia is now listed in Apple Wallet as one of the states offering digital driver’s licenses and IDs.
For the most part, the IDs benefit travelers, as they can be used at more than 250 TSA airports across the country. But other states recommend that drivers still carry their physical driver’s license.
Get your West Virginia digital ID today
West Virginia residents seeking to add their driver’s license or state-issued ID to Apple’s iPhone or Apple Watch should read the Cult of Mac guide on how to add your driver’s license to Apple Wallet.
Those living elsewhere in the United States might check to see if they can do the same. As noted, they’re available from over a dozen states or territories:
- Arizona
- California (pilot program)
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- lowa
- Maryland
- Montana
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Puerto Rico
- West Virginia
