Technologies

You Can Now Add Your Passport to Your iPhone in Apple Wallet. Here’s How

Apple’s new Digital ID feature allows you to use your iPhone or Apple watch to verify your identity at certain airports.

iPhone users can now add their passport to Apple Wallet to get through TSA checkpoints at more than 250 participating airports in the US when flying domestically. Announced on Wednesday but hinted at a few weeks before, the new Digital ID feature will allow iPhone and Apple Watch users to use their devices for identity verification instead of a physical passport.

Apple has supported digital driver’s licenses and state IDs for a while now, but states have been slow to adopt the technology. What makes the situation muddier is that some states have their own digital ID solutions that require separate apps and don’t support Apple Wallet.

The benefit of adding a passport to Apple Wallet is that it effectively sidesteps individual state support, allowing people without a Real ID to still use the feature. It won’t replace your physical passport anytime soon, though, so make sure you still have it handy when traveling.

Below, we’ll show you how to add your passport to Apple Wallet.

How to add your Passport to Apple Wallet

Adding your passport to Apple Wallet isn’t hard, but given the sensitive nature, it’ll require a few steps. Here’s how to do it.

Open Apple Wallet
Tap the «+» icon at the top of the screen
Tap Driver’s License or ID Cards
Tap Digital ID

Follow the instructions for setup and verification. Some steps include taking a photo of the page with your image on it, and using your iPhone to read the chip in the back of the passport to verify its authenticity. Additionally, you’ll need to take a live photo of yourself, along with performing a series of facial movements for additional identity verification.

Currently, the feature is limited to the US and available on devices running iOS 26.1 and later.

Expanding beyond the airport

The limited use case of using your digital ID at a couple of hundred of the more than 5,000 public airports in the country is somewhat underwhelming, especially right now, but it likely won’t always be this way.

In the future, Apple says users will be able to present their iPhone at small businesses and venues for identity and age verification, thanks to the Verify with Wallet API. Verifying your age or identity at a bar or venue will be a reality. Eventually.

Technologies

Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 17, #1612

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for Nov. 17, No. 1,612.

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Wordle puzzle is a fun one, if you’ve ever taken wood shop. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with C.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with P.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a brace-like tool that holds things together in a workshop.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is CLAMP.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Nov. 16, No. 1611, was WIELD.

Recent Wordle answers

Nov. 12, No. 1607: DEUCE

Nov. 13, No. 1608: TINGE

Nov. 14, No. 1609: LURID

Nov. 15, No. 1610: CLUNG

Technologies

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 17 #624

Today’s NYT puzzle is super-fun and not too tough. Dog-lovers, this one is for you.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is super-fun and not too tough. Dog-lovers, this one is for you. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Paw patrol

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Fido has many jobs

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

DIRE, GROW, GROWN, SIEVE, KING, RING, DOGS, GODS, WING, WINE, WINES, WINS, DOING, GATE, GATES, VICE

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

GUARD, GUIDE, RESCUE, HERDING, SERVICE, THERAPY

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is WORKINGDOGS. To find it, start with the W that’s three rows over to the right and then four letters down, and move left and then right.

Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source.