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Apple will soon let some US passport holders add their travel ID to the Wallet app on iPhone with its new feature first announced at WWDC 2025. It will let you use your passport as a digital ID on various services.

For the last few months the feature has been touted as part of iOS 26, but when the software launched last week it wasn’t available. Apple changed its marketing materials to say it was coming at a later date.

Now, Apple has changed the wording on its website again with it confirming it will be here for some users before the end of the year. As spotted by MacRumors, it now reads, “Digital ID will be coming later this year with US passports only.”

Apple has yet to announce an exact release timeframe for the feature. It’s unlikely to come as part of iOS 26.1 as the feature isn’t available in the first beta for the software, so it may be part of iOS 26.2.

Digital ID lets you upload your passport details to your iPhone so you can use it as an identification method at retailers or on some online services. It will also work at select TSA checkpoints, so you can use it to travel within the US.

You’ll be able to show it at some airports within Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, and Puerto Rico. Apple says more states are expected to join the scheme soon.

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It will only work at select airports, and Apple says to look for signage as you’re queuing for border control to see if you can use the feature.

This won’t act as a replacement for your passport, and you’ll be expected to keep your physical ID on you when you travel. Apple says, “Digital ID is not a replacement for a physical passport, and cannot be used for international travel and border crossing in lieu of a U.S. passport.”