Google is adding support for digital U.S. passports in its Wallet app, making it easier for Android users to travel. This feature will be available alongside existing options like state-issued IDs and boarding passes.
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Imagine this: Today’s the day you leave for your European extravaganza. As you cram last-minute items into the suitcase, you quickly run through your mental. Clean socks and underwear? Accounted for! A memory journal? Got it. Portable phone charger, headphones, outlet adaptor? Check, check, and check! It isn’t until you’re at airport security that you realize you’ve forgotten the most important item of all: your passport.
Creating a digital passport ID will take less than 10 minutes, says Google. To start, open the Google Wallet app and select “create an ID pass with your U.S. passport.” Users will be prompted to scan their passport’s personal info page as well as the security chip located on the back of their passport.
“People are increasingly looking for ways to digitize everyday items—with one of the top requests being a digital ID. Last year we began rolling out the ability to save select state-issued digital IDs to Wallet. Starting soon, we’ll begin beta testing a new type of digital ID in Google Wallet, giving more people in more places a way to create and store a digital ID, now with a U.S. passport.
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