AusweisApp Bund

Governikus GmbH & Co. KG

About this app

The Identity Card App is software that you install on your smartphone/computer/tablet to identify yourself online with your ID card, your electronic residence permit or the eID card for Union citizens.

All further information can be found at www.kartenapp.bund.de

Check whether your mobile device is suitable: https://www.kartenapp.bund.de/mobile-geraete

The accessibility declaration for the software can be found at: https://www.kartenapp.bund.de/barrierfreiheit-app

Developed on behalf of the Federal Office for Information Security.

Ratings and reviews

I give up. The designers meant well and I believe the user interface I well designed. But the technical problems make this app unusable. NFC reader works fine the first time to change the transport PIN to the 6 digit personal PIN but already the next attempt to see what data is stored on the card reliably fails. I spent 20 minutes turning and flipping the card (no case). 9/10 times, I get no reaction. If I'm lucky, I get stuck in the "weak signal loop". Sorry devs, but this ain't working.

Of course doesn't work. It's supposed to support all EU E-id cards but doesn't read mine. PS: I have been using the Italian equivalent since 2019 and it works like a charm 😉 Go see how the SielteId works for example and just copy it, the German government incapacity of making anything digital and simple is infuriating.

It worked fine before this "UI refresh"! Now I cannot even set my new pin or get the Ausweisapp desktop client to pair with this mobile version. I am using an somewhat older (slower) Android phone with Android 12. (Fairphone 3) The NFC chip works, the tests in the app are all green. Yet I cannot get a stable reading of my eID card. It seems that the app process times out too fast and the error handling is incorrect. The app should try again to read from NFC instead of throwing the error.

What's new

- Visuelle Anpassungen und Optimierungen der grafischen Oberfläche.
- Anzeige des alten und neuen Gerätenamens bei der Nutzung von "Smartphone als Kartenleser".
- Neue Informationsseite am Ende einer Authentisierung vor einer Weiterleitung zum Anbieter.
- Erhöhung der zulässigen Zeit für die Antwort auf Kartenkommandos.
- Optimierung der Barrierearmut.
- Die Unterstützung von Android 8 wurde eingestellt.
- Die Funktion "Smartphone als Kartenleser" benötigt nun mindestens die Version 2.1.0.