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California prepares to expand its digital ID support through Google Wallet

Google said "more states" will enter Wallet's digital ID system.

A simple set of steps will let users utilize their ID at "select" TSA terminals without needing California's specific digital wallet app. Additionally, Kim states that Google wants to get Wallet to a point where folks can leave the physical version at home — but that's a far-off reality. An APK teardown showed the company's work to develop a text-based document scanning feature for student IDs, passports, and resident cards.

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