Apple Wallet gets ID feature and it looks similar to India's Digilocker

Apple's aim to replace physical documents like driver's licenses with an upgrade to the Apple Wallet in iOS 15 seems to take the same route of digital verification in India.

Apple's digital-only annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2021 event brought about some significant software-related announcements for iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch, new features accompanying iOS 15 for FaceTime and iMessage, new privacy and storage features. Apple also announced major changes to the Apple Wallet, which may take some time to materialise, but might help users ditch their physical IDs in the US, much like the DigiLocker in India. The government of India introduced DigiLocker back in 2015, a platform to issue and verify documents and certificates digitally and to eliminate the use of physical documents, encouraging paperless governance. DigiLocker provides access to authentic virtual documents and allows users to store documents like driving licence, PAN card, Voter ID, policy documents, among others. DigiLocker is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under Digital India Corporation (DIC). Apple's aim to replace physical documents like driver's licenses with an upgrade to the Apple Wallet in iOS 15 seems to take the same route of digital verification in India. Apple on Monday at the WWDC noted that it would add support for driver's licenses and hotel keys with Apple Wallet.