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In a recent report, Samsung announced its new partnership with IDEMIA which will make driving more stress-free for drivers. This partnership will bring driver’s licenses to the Samsung Wallet app, hence erasing the need to have a physical copy at all times. Samsung’s users in the US will soon have their driver’s licenses and state IDs on their smartphones at all times.
However, this feature is still in its development stage and will roll out in the coming months. Samsung is optimistic that this technology will be available before the end of this year. According to their analysis and plans, Arizona and Iowa will be the first states to get this feature.
Other states might join the train in the coming months, depending on various factors. The South Korean tech giant is closely working with various states as well as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make this feature available to more people. While this Samsung Wallet driver’s license feature prepares for launch, there are a few things prospective users need to take in mind.
Driver’s licenses are on the way to Samsung Wallet thanks to a new partnership
Samsung is currently working on an update to their Wallet app to help users add state-issued IDs. These IDs can include driver’s licenses as well as other documents for easy and convenient access. This article will focus on the driver’s license feature that is coming to the Samsung Wallet app.
In the coming months, Samsung users will be able to add a driver’s license to their smartphone. With this, users might no longer need to carry around a physical driver’s license. This is truly the “new frontier of digital identity” according to one of Samsung’s execs working on this project.
Extra layers of security to the Samsung Wallet app will help protect users’ information on the app. Samsung will also use the ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard, which will help step up security and privacy. The control of the driver’s license on the app will be exclusive to the user and license holder.
Some areas might see a delay in receiving this feature once it becomes available. This is a result of the governmental mobile driver’s license implementation that varies from one state to the other. What this means is that some states might allow the use of mobile driver’s licenses while other states do not permit its usage.
The Samsung and IDEMIA partnership is working with various states to make this feature available to citizens. In the coming months, more states might get this feature for use on the roads and can serve as a means of identification. This feature will only be available to Samsung users with the S8 series and above.