Apple delays iOS 26’s new digital U.S. passport feature

Apple on Monday release iOS 26.0, but the new feature that lets you add a digital version of your U.S. passport to Apple’s Wallet app has been slightly delayed.
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors:
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Apple updated its iOS 26 features page today to indicate that the “Digital ID” feature for U.S. passports will be coming in a later software update:
Digital ID will be available in a software update with U.S. passports only.
Apple did not mention a specific version, but hopefully the feature arrives in iOS 26.1 or iOS 26.2.
Until now, the feature had been listed on the iOS 26 page in the present tense.
After creating a Digital ID in the Wallet app, you will be able to present it in person at TSA checkpoints in select U.S. airports for identity verification purposes during domestic travel. However, Apple says it is not a replacement for a physical passport, and it cannot be used for international travel and border crossing purposes.

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MacDailyNews Take: Even when it’s released, we’ll need to go through several TSA checkpoints and have it proven to work every time before we travel without our physical passports.

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