Apple’s digital state ID cards are now available for Maryland residents
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#5ZNW9)
You can present your card from your Apple Watch as well. | Image: MVA / Apple Apple's Wallet app now supports Maryland state IDs and driver licenses, marking it as the second state after Arizona to gain the digital identification feature (via MacRumors). Residents of the Free State can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch at certain TSA checkpoints at participating airports, including Baltimore / Washington International and Reagan National. The iPhone won't carry a picture" of the card, only a means to transmit info to a receiving device - and you use biometrics to confirm the information being sent to the device.
The digital IDs aren't a replacement for physical ones, though. Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration (essentially, the DMV) website states that law enforcement does not accept Maryland Mobile ID,...