How to use Google Wallet – and why you should already

Credit cards and debit cards are the most popular options to add to Google Wallet. That said, you can also add several other useful things — transit cards, store loyalty cards, gift cards, hotel keys, movie tickets, concert or event tickets, gym passes, boarding passes, theme park season passes, insurance cards, company IDs, and even official IDs that you can use for TSA Precheck in some states.

Also: How to add your driver’s license to your iPhone’s Wallet app

Even though California has its own dedicated app for ID cards, the state has added support for ID cards in Google Wallet on Android.

With the app’s photo feature, you can add any card with a barcode or a QR code. Soon, according to Android Central, you’ll be able to add text-based documents like passports, resident cards, and student IDs, thanks to an “Everything else” feature that takes a photo of a card and uses AI to create a digital version (everything is handled on-device). A digital replacement might not work for every text-based document, but it will for some, and for the rest, it’s not bad to have the information available.