GET Group North America has launched an app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store that enables businesses to automate the authentication of mobile ID and mobile driver’s license information. GET Mobile Verify allows businesses and government organizations to read digital IDs and driver’s licenses issued anywhere around the world as a legal form of age and identity verification.

A bill in the Utah Legislature proposes to move to a digital driver license (DDL). State Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, is proposing a bill — Senate Bill 88 — that would make permanent an electronic license certificate or identification card and would require the Utah Driver License Division “to maintain the security and privacy of information related to” the mobile driver license and ID card.

South Korea is kicking off a six-month trial of a new mobile driver’s license system. If all goes well, the country will move forward with the full national launch of the system in July.

iOS 15 was supposed to include the first set of mobile driver’s licenses launched in partnership with 8 states. Now Apple’s mobile driver’s license launch is delayed. Late last year, various articles surfaced concerns about Apple’s contract with state governments, specifically regarding who was paying for them (governments, aka taxpayers) and who had control over the launch (Apple).

The Washington, DC city council has passed a new bill that will allow residents to use a digital ID in any situation where they would previously have had to present a physical ID card.

By this coming Easter, Greeks will be able to carry the downloaded full version of their digital IDs and mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in digital wallets on their mobile phones. Meanwhile, Greek authorities have also announced that it is now possible to save the ID card alongside other documentation such as vaccination and diagnostic certificates in the COVID-free GR Wallet.

The Secure Technology Alliance announced in a post that the TSA will accept Mobile Driver’s Licenses (mDL) at two airports in February of 2022 before adding two additional states in March as part of a pilot program.

According to an event recap from the Secure Technology Alliance, the TSA is planning to support Apple Wallet IDs (mobile driver’s licenses) in two airports in February. If successful, the test will expand to airports in two more states the following month.

Mobile driver’s licenses are gaining traction in at least 30 U.S. states. The progress exemplifies that the transition from physical driver’s licenses is well underway, and the future of identification documents is digital. On the heels of these advancements, the Secure Technology Alliance celebrates the success of its first Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) Workshop, which occurred in conjunction with an American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) and ISO-led regional mDL testing event.

Iowa state officials have launched a pilot project aimed at making digital driver’s licenses available for download sometime in 2022. Testing is underway on mDL compatible devices through December 2021.