Apple Wallet digital ID expanding to four more U.S. states

Apple is expanding its digital identification feature to four additional U.S. states, allowing more residents to store a driver's license or state ID in their iPhone or Apple Watch. According to information from Apple's code and a state announcement, digital IDs via Apple Wallet are coming to North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, and Virginia, which would bring the total number of supported states and territories to 18 plus Puerto Rico.

The state of North Carolina has the most concrete timeline. The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles announced it will launch a mobile ID program through its own NC Wallet app in December 2026. Support for third-party digital wallets, including Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and Samsung Wallet, is planned to follow in early 2027. The other three states-Oklahoma, Utah, and Virginia-were identified through code spotted in Apple's software, but no availability timeframe has been provided for their implementations.

Apple first introduced digital IDs in Wallet in 2022, and the feature has been gradually rolling out. It is currently available in Arizona, Maryland, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, Hawaii, California, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, West...