Overview
- The European Commission said the EU‑wide age‑check app is technically ready and will be offered to countries to adapt and deploy.
- The system reuses the COVID digital‑certificate design and returns only a yes or no on whether a user meets a required age threshold.
- Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Denmark plan to integrate the tool into national digital wallets after trials over the past year.
- The code will be open source and built to work with the EU Digital Identity Wallet later in 2026, with Scytáles and T‑Systems leading development.
- Under the Digital Services Act, platforms can use other methods if they prove effective, and digital‑rights groups such as the EFF warn age checks could become surveillance.