Apple’s Travel Upgrades: New Digital Passport, Live Translation for Messages and Calls

Apple is testing its own version of live translation through calls and texts, but not for face-to-face conversations through wearable devices.

Digital U.S. passports and live translation — those were the biggest travel upgrades Apple announced during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday.

Apple said the digital passport is coming to the iPhone’s digital Wallet starting this fall.

“While not a replacement for your physical passport, digital ID can be used for domestic travel at supported TSA checkpoints, in apps, and in person where age and identify verification are required,” according to Kathy Lin, manager for services software engineering at Apple.

Google announced a similar feature in September. A TSA spokesperson told Skift at the time that it was about 10 years in the making, even as other countries have already implemented various digital passport programs.

Apple already enables ID storage for nine U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Lin said there are more on the way.

Below are details about more travel products that Apple announced – the upgrades are coming