Google Wallet can now be your passport at many airports Chris Mendez | usagoldmines.com

Google is now rolling out the flexibility to make a digital ID out of your passport which you could retailer in Google Pockets and use at choose TSA checkpoints.

Choose the immediate within the Google Pockets app to “create an ID go along with your U.S. passport” and comply with the directions to scan the safety chip behind your passport. You’ll be requested to take a selfie video to confirm your id, and Google Pockets will notify you when your ID go is prepared (sometimes inside a couple of minutes).

Nevertheless, in that weblog put up, Google additionally cautions {that a} digital ID in Google Pockets is “not a substitute in your bodily ID” and that it is best to nonetheless carry a bodily ID when touring “for now.”

The digital ID characteristic can be obtainable to “all eligible customers within the coming weeks,” in accordance with Jenny Cheng, VP and GM of Google Pockets. You possibly can see a map of which airports settle for digital IDs on the TSA’s website.

Cheng additionally shared that New Mexico driver’s licenses and state IDs may be saved in Google Pockets. New Mexico is the sixth state to help the characteristic, 9to5Google reports.