Announcing Android support of digital credentials
In today's interconnected world, managing digital identity is essential. Android aims to support open standards that ensure seamless interoperability with various identity providers and services. As part of this goal, we are excited to announce that Android, via Credential Manager's DigitalCredential API, now natively supports OpenID4VP and OpenID4VCI for digital credential presentation and issuance respectively. What are digital credentials? Digital credentials are cryptographically verifiable documents. The most common emerging use case for digital credentials is identity documents such as driver's licenses, passports, or national ID cards. In the coming years, it is anticipated that Android developers will develop innovative applications of this technology for a wider range of personal credentials that users will need to present digitally, including education certifications, insurance policies, memberships, permits, and more. Digital credentials can be provided by any ...
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