"With this new integration, we're working to better serve the people of California in the 21st century," Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. The announcement is part of California's mobile driver's license pilot program, which is limited to 1.5 million participants.
"Enabling California residents to seamlessly add and present their IDs with their iPhone or Apple Watch represents a significant step in replacing the physical wallet with a more secure and private digital wallet," said Jennifer Bailey, Apple's vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet.
But users shouldn't leave behind their hard copies just yet. Law enforcement, state government agencies and businesses aren't yet accepting the mobile driver's license, and the Transportation Security Administration lists only two airport terminals in the country where it can be used - Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 7 and San Francisco International Airport Terminal 3.
Yet even before Google Wallet and Apple Wallet added the service, half a million Californians had already signed up - more than any other state, although still less than 2% of the people licensed to drive in.
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