Google Wallet to add support for digital IDs in more states

Google announced on Tuesday that digital IDs are coming to more states and services in Google Wallet. The company also shared that Wallet is getting a way to privately verify age and that the app is expanding to 50 more countries. Residents in Arkansas, Montana, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia will soon be able to save their U.S. government-issued digital IDs to Google Wallet. Plus, people in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, and New Mexico will be able to use their mobile IDs at the DMV. As the REAL ID deadline of May 7, 2025, approaches, Google notes that you can use an ID Pass created from your U.S. passport to pass through TSA security for domestic travel at supported airports, even if you don’t have a REAL ID driver’s license or state-issued ID. However, your ID pass isn’t a replacement for your physical ID, so you should still keep that with you. Users will also soon be able to use their digital ID to recover Amazon accounts, access online health services with CVS and MyChart by Epic ... Read full article.