Overview
- Residents can add a driver’s license or state ID on iPhone and Apple Watch by scanning the physical card, taking a selfie, and completing head‑movement prompts, after which the state verifies the submission.
- The mobile IDs are accepted at O’Hare, Midway, and Lambert airports and at roughly 250 TSA checkpoints nationwide, with use also available at participating businesses and online.
- Illinois’ Secretary of State is releasing a free Mobile ID Verifier app so businesses can confirm age or identity without seeing full personal details.
- The launch begins on Apple devices, with Google and Samsung wallet compatibility expected in the coming months, making Illinois the largest state to broadly offer Wallet-based IDs.
- Physical cards remain required for driving and some legal situations, and Illinois law bars police from searching a phone after viewing a mobile ID.