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Your Google Wallet may soon be able to carry your passport

Globetrotters may soon be able to store their U.S. passport in a Google Wallet.

The tech giant has announced that it's rolling out a variety of new Google Wallet updates aimed at travelers and commuters.

As part of that plan, Google is beta testing the ability to create a digital ID from a U.S. passport, according to a news release from Google. Once uploaded to a Wallet, the digital U.S. Passport ID could be used at select TSA checkpoints by those traveling within the United States.

Google expects that being able to store passports digitally in your Wallet will save "time and stress at the airport when traveling domestically."

When the new digital passport feature becomes available to the public, users will be able to create their digital ID by selecting the "create an ID pass with your U.S. passport" function in the Google Wallet app.