iPhone customers in Iowa at the moment are capable of add their driver’s licenses and IDs to the Apple Pockets app on iPhone and Apple Watch, permitting them for use in lieu of a bodily ID.
Iowans can add a license or state ID to the Apple Pockets app by opening it up, tapping on the “+” button, and following the onscreen directions and verification course of.
The digital ID within the Apple Pockets app can be utilized at choose TSA checkpoints, together with the Des Moines and Japanese Iowa Airports, in addition to at some enterprise venues. It will also be used inside choose apps when ID is required.
Based on the Iowa Division of Transportation, companies are capable of settle for an ID in Apple Pockets utilizing iOS apps like Tap2iD cellular, VeriScan, and Cellular ID Confirm for in-person age verification functions.
As with different states which have adopted digital ID integration in Apple Pockets, Iowa’s DoT warns that the digital model doesn’t substitute a bodily license or identification card. Places that settle for cellular IDs will develop over time, nonetheless.
Apple introduced a brand new Pockets app that supported digital IDs again in 2022, however states have been gradual to undertake the characteristic. To this point, solely Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Hawaii, California, and Ohio have applied help. Apple has stated that Connecticut, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Utah, Montana, New Mexico, and West Virginia are engaged on help.
