It’s a digital world and we’re just traveling through it. Apple is expanding its Wallet app with a new Digital ID feature designed to make air travel easier. Travelers can use their iPhone or Apple Watch to show ID at more than 250 TSA checkpoints nationwide.

The feature, part of iOS 26, lets users create a Digital ID using their U.S. passport or driver’s license. It’s for domestic flights only and doesn’t replace a physical passport. The intent is to speed up security lines.

Apple says all passport data is encrypted and stored on the device. The company says Face ID or Touch ID makes sure only the owner can access it. According to Apple, users who want to use the feature must upload a photo page of their physical passport “as part of the process.”

Users will then be prompted to comply

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