In a repeat of how it fumbled its costly and entirely failed COVID app, the UK is ignoring Apple Wallet and will instead develop its own digital wallet for documents such as driving licences.
UK Parliament
The move to digital driving licences, passports, and so on seems so inevitable that Apple has been working on it for years. So it’s no surprise that the UK is following the US’s lead and implementing the same idea, yet it’s not the surprise it should be that the country is going it alone.
In the official announcement, the UK government says that it is simplifying digital documents and in doing so to save the equivalent of $55 billion. The UK’s economy has yet to recover from 14 years of a Conservative government that split the country from the EU, so saving money is clearly a priority.