Two years ago, the start of the development of an application to transport the DNI on the mobile, known as “DNIe” (at least provisionally) was confirmed. A tool which will be based on the already known DNI 4.0 and which will allow us to digitize our most basic document without us having to wear the physical.
However, The development times of this application are not those initially planned. Not in vain, the national police who are behind announced it for the beginning of 2022, which we can now confirm did not happen.
The application to transport the DNI to the mobile is delayed, but “it is still in development”
Unless surprise, it is expected that the Android and iOS application will be launched together. Now well, there is no new estimated time once “early 2022” expires. We at Xataka Android have contacted the National Police and they cannot guarantee timelines, although they point out that the project is still under development.
Let us recall that the European Union is preparing a digital wallet which would serve, among other things, so that member countries can have a only application with which to have access to all documents. See the DNI, but also the driver’s license, our passwords and even the possibility of making (or at least managing) payments.
Although unconfirmed, new plans in Europe to unify documents into a single app could end up killing the Spanish app before it even sees the light of day.
The National Police has not been able to confirm whether the reasons for the delay in the development of the DNIe application are linked or not to this “European digital wallet”. However, considering this this future app would cannibalize the english appit’s possible they’re planning to halt development and somehow collaborate with Europe to speed up the times.
The one that is available is the DNI 4.0, which is the physical document on which the mobile application will be based. This began to be issued a year and a half ago, from June 2, 2021. It is a document that came to replace the one known as the electronic DNI or DNI 3.0 and which finally no did not end up digitizing procedures as much as expected.
Something to note is that the application and the physical document will be the same in almost all aspects. From being able to show either completely legally to what each of them entails. The physical document has a chip that allows access to the digital certificate, thus serving our digital and not just physical identification. It is also safer against counterfeiting and strangers accessing our personal information.
Little (or nothing) is known about how and when the app will arrive. Until then, always with the physical identification, because the other methods of identification do not work.
Now well, It is not known what the interface of the application will look like, as no images have been revealed and no information has been provided in this regard. Although it can follow the same line as other applications such as the miDGT application, which is the application that allows you to have your driving license on your mobile in the same way that DNIe will allow you to have your DNI.
Therefore, we will continue to wait to see how and when this application will arrive. Until then, it’s time to keep taking your mobile with you because no, It does not serve as accreditation to show a photo of the DNI From the phone. At least in front of the authorities.
