Google is now rolling out the ability to create a digital ID from your passport that you can store in Google Wallet and use at select TSA checkpoints.
Select the prompt in the Google Wallet app to “Create an ID pass with your US passport” and follow the instructions to scan the security chip on the back of your passport. You’ll be asked to take a selfie video to verify your identity, and Google Wallet will notify you when your ID pass is ready (usually within a few minutes).
However, in that blog post, Google also warns that a digital ID in Google Wallet is “not a replacement for your physical ID” and that you should carry a physical ID while traveling “for now.”
The Digital ID feature will be available “to all eligible users in the coming weeks,” according to Jenny Cheng, VP and GM of Google Wallet. You can see a map of which airports accept digital IDs On the TSA website.
Cheng also shared that New Mexico driver’s licenses and state IDs can be saved to Google Wallet. New Mexico is the sixth state to support the feature, 9to5Google Reports.
