Apple users can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to show their passports at TSA checkpoints in more than 250 airports across the U.S. when traveling domestically.
Known as Digital ID, the new program is being rolled out in beta and allows people to add their U.S. passport to the list of existing government IDs supported in Apple Wallet.
Users are able to use Digital ID even if they don’t have a REAL-ID-compliant driver’s license or state ID, Apple explained . However, this ID does not replace a physical passport and is not supported for international travel or crossing borders.
“With the launch of Digital ID, we’re excited to expand the ways users can store and present their identity — all with the security and privacy built into iPhone and Apple Watch,” Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s

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