Apple’s push to put driver’s licenses inside the Wallet app keeps gaining momentum, and three more states look ready to join soon. Utah, Kentucky, and North Carolina all appear positioned to go live in the near future, which would push the total count of supported states close to twenty.
Virginia and Oklahoma became the newest members of that list just last month, joining the sixteen states, plus Puerto Rico, that already let iPhone owners store a digital version of their license. Back when Apple first rolled out this feature in 2021, digital IDs felt like a novelty. These days, states are signing on at a noticeably faster pace, and the rollout has started to feel less experimental and more like standard infrastructure.
Utah looks especially close to launching. Signs of its backend integration with Apple surfaced this past summer alongside similar evidence for Virginia, and since Virginia already flipped the switch, Utah seems like a natural next candidate. Kentucky’s path has been more public. State officials announced months ago that Wallet support would arrive once an overhaul of its digital ID infrastructure wrapped up, and that upgrade now appears finished, which lines up with the timeline Kentucky originally laid out.
North Carolina’s situation looks a bit different. The state confirmed a new digital driver’s license system last month and said explicitly that Apple Wallet integration would follow by early 2027. That gives North Carolina a firmer, if later, target than Utah or Kentucky, both of which could realistically launch sooner given how far along their preparations seem.
None of this rules out a surprise. Other states not currently on anyone’s radar could jump ahead of these three, and given how quickly momentum has built over the past year, that wouldn’t be shocking. Still, based on everything publicly known right now, Utah, Kentucky, and North Carolina look like the safest bets for whichever states join the program next.
For iPhone users in these states, the eventual payoff includes faster airport security checks at TSA checkpoints that support digital ID and an easier way to verify age or identity without pulling out a physical wallet. Whether that convenience arrives in weeks or months likely depends on how quickly each state finishes its remaining technical work.
