What is TSA's PreCheck Touchless ID facial recognition? How to use it TSA PreCheck Touchless ID is currently available at six major Florida airports - The TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program uses facial recognition to speed up security checks. - Travelers must already have TSA PreCheck and opt-in through a participating airline's app. - The service is currently available at several major airports, including six in Florida. The wait for security checks at major airports is starting to dwindle back to normal after weeks of lengthy lines kept travelers backed up for hours. The TSA said airport security officer absences resulting from a weeks-long partial government shutdown fell sharply Monday after workers finally got paid. But even with that bottleneck relieved, air travel remains heavy due to the weekend Easter holiday and the crowds of spring break travelers coming to or leaving Florida. Airlines for America estimated 171 million people would be flying between March 1 and April 30, a 4% increase from 2025. Air travel can be stressful at the best of times, and anything that can speed that up can help. Last year, the TSA launched the PreCheck Touchless ID program, a facial recognition addition to TSA PreCheck that allows passengers to pass through security checkpoints without presenting an ID Card or boarding pass. You just show your face and keep walking. The TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program has rolled out to about 60 major airports nationwide, including six in Florida. What is TSA PreCheck Touchless ID? Instead of asking for your ID card or boarding pass, TSA agents use facial recognition technology called Traveler Verification Service to create a biometric template of your face and compare it to images you previously provided to the federal government, similar to using Face ID to unlock your phone. You must