{"id":2380,"date":"2023-10-18T21:31:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2380\/original_title-10\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:30:48","slug":"original_title-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=2380","title":{"rendered":"Google Wallet adds Driver&#8217;s License and Digital ID support for more U.S. States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Wallet adds Driver&#8217;s License and Digital ID support for more U.S. States\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>However, when this feature was launched, not all US states were on board with the program.  At the time, Maryland became the first state to support it, with the state ID literally becoming the poster child for the rollout, as seen in marketing materials.<\/p>\n<div>Meanwhile, support for other states has been promised at a later date, with Arizona, Colorado and Georgia next to join the digital ID program.  Surprisingly, and without much fanfare, that day came sooner than expected.<\/div>\n<div>As spotted by user <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/xeno_x19\/status\/1714622992670662708?s=20\">@xeno_x19 on<\/a>, Google has already quietly rolled out support for these three states, joining Maryland in the Google Wallet app.  You can already see these states appear when you try to add an ID card on the app.  Given that there hasn&#8217;t been a versioned update to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/3983\/original_title-172\/\">Google Wallet<\/a> app since October 3, we&#8217;re inclined to think this is a server-side push.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-b0501233-7908-42b1-8f5b-02e0969b60ba\" class=\"thumbnail-gallery-container mt-24 two-images\" data-type=\"thumbnail\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gallery-item\" data-external-thumb-image=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Google-Wallet-adds-Drivers-License-and-Digital-ID-support-for.webp.webp\" href=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/407206-image\/google-wallet-state-ID-1.webp\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gallery-item\" data-external-thumb-image=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697653912_769_Google-Wallet-adds-Drivers-License-and-Digital-ID-support-for.webp.webp\" href=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/articles\/407207-image\/google-wallet-state-ID-2.webp\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697653912_769_Google-Wallet-adds-Drivers-License-and-Digital-ID-support-for.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Setting up digital ID via Google Wallet on Android<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As noted by 9to5Google, the setup process requires a photo scan of the front and back of your physical ID or driver&#8217;s license, followed by a short <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> verification process.  Once setup is complete, the digital ID will be themed with an illustration representing the issuing state, such as a peach to represent Georgia.<\/p>\n<div>This update brings Google Wallet&#8217;s digital ID compatibility in line with Apple Wallet, where the ability to have a mobile driver&#8217;s license has been available in some states since last year.  Samsung also announced that it would come to Samsung Wallet later this year, and Google <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/google-pay\/google-wallet-new-features-june-2023\/\">previously indicated<\/a> that more features will be added to digital IDs in the future, such as the ability to verify accounts online.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Wallet adds Driver&#8217;s License and Digital ID support for more U.S. States\u060c However, when this feature was launched, not all US states were on board with the program. At the time, Maryland became the first state to support it, with the state ID literally becoming the poster child for the rollout, as seen in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[552,207,2614,70,2615,1403,554,802,2028],"class_list":["post-2380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-adds","tag-digital","tag-drivers","tag-google","tag-license","tag-states","tag-support","tag-u-s","tag-wallet"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8094,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380\/revisions\/8094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}