Apple announced on Wednesday the future addition of a new feature to Apple Wallet, the firm's virtual wallet at the apple.

This tool will soon be able to accommodate the dematerialized versions of the driving licenses of some of its American users, the company said on its site.

Documents issued by Arizona, Georgia, Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Utah will be accepted, reports

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The driving licenses concerned can therefore be stored on the iPhones and Apple Watches of residents of these states.

The addition will be "smooth and easy," Apple promised.

The driver's license is very frequently used as a form of identification in the United States.

Downloading the document on a mobile device will thus help users to speed up and simplify many procedures.

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Apple claims to have put "the protection of privacy at the forefront"

The Californian giant has indicated that the US Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) will accept the electronic version of the driver's license at checkpoints at several airports. They will then become the first in the country to recognize the documents presented via the Apple Wallet app. The company explained that it had put “the protection of privacy at the forefront”. Thus, the device does not allow Apple or the authorities of the states concerned to know where and when the driver's license was presented, Apple said.

Security systems based on encryption or facial or digital recognition will also be used.

They will make it impossible to present the official document by someone who has not added it to the device themselves.

The eight American states which will be the first to accept the device are impatiently awaiting "the extreme degree of security and ease that the presence of driver's licenses and proof of identity in Wallet will provide them, as well as the users", insured Apple.

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