Will Apple postpone iOS 15's 'digital driver's license' to 2022?



It was reported that the 'digital driver's license ' that Apple had planned to implement in the latter half of 2021 was switched to the notation 'scheduled to be implemented in 2022' on the official page.

Apple Says iOS 15 Feature That Will Let You Add Your Driver's License to Your iPhone Delayed Until Early 2022 --MacRumors

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11/23/apple-delays-ios-15-wallet-id-feature-early-2022/?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

Apple's digital driver's license has been delayed to next year --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/23/22799338/apple-digital-driver-license-delay-2022-ios-15

In June 2021, Apple will promote the digitization of driver's licenses, and it is reported that in the latter half of 2021, it will be possible to add driver's licenses to the official app 'Wallet' in some states of the United States. I did . And on September 1, 2021, it was officially announced that digital driver licenses would be available at airports in eight states: Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah. it was done.

Announcing the regions where you will be able to show your driver's license and ID on your iPhone or Apple Watch-GIGAZINE



Apple's digital driver's license plan was expected to be proceeding smoothly toward implementation in the latter half of 2021 because the specific state name was announced, but the page of 'iOS 15 ' has been updated and it has been updated. It turns out that the sentence 'Coming early 2022' has been added to the digital driver's license in question.



It's unclear when this sentence was added, but web archive logs show that the sentence in question didn't exist as of November 16, 2021.

iOS 15 --Apple
https://web.archive.org/web/20211116015952/https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-15/



According to Macrumors, an Apple news site that first reported the issue, digital driver's licenses aren't even implemented in the latest beta at the time of the press, iOS 15.2 Beta 3.

On the 'What 's New in iOS 15 ' page, the digital driver's license is described as 'Available late 2021. (Available in the second half of 2021)', and the digital driver's license will appear on each Apple page at '2022'. Although it is divided into 'early year' and 'late 2021', the IT news site The Verge said, 'Projects involving the state government are rarely completed during the holiday season, so this project is also 2021. It is unlikely that it will be completed within the year. '

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