Google Wallet Adds EU Digital IDs This Summer as Sparkasse Enables Privacy-Preserving Age Checks
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Updated · Engadget · Jun 4
Google Wallet Adds EU Digital IDs This Summer as Sparkasse Enables Privacy-Preserving Age Checks
3 articles · Updated · Engadget · Jun 4
Summary
Select EU states will let users add government digital IDs to Google Wallet this summer, extending a system already used for passports in the UK and US.
Sparkasse Bank customers will also be able to verify they are over the required age through Wallet without revealing their name, address or birth date.
Google built the feature around Zero Knowledge Proof technology introduced in April 2025, part of its response to the UK's Online Safety Act and similar age-verification laws.
The rollout comes with broader EU payment changes: Google Pay direct checkout now lets shoppers pay with Wallet-stored methods, while updated authentication allows biometric approval without one-time passcodes on supported European sites.