Use your electronic identity card on the web
The main changes per release. If you're on an older version, download the latest from the download page. Download page →
Extra security: every encrypted request between your browser and the helper is now cryptographically bound to the exact action it's meant for. Minor stability improvements on Windows.
Fix for an issue where swapping the card in the reader wasn't always detected correctly.
Support for older Belgian eID cards (issued up to 2018) — these previously didn't work with the helper.
More reliable card reader detection, and a new test page to check your connection to the helper.
Fix for an issue where the helper on Linux wouldn't show the PIN dialog in certain cases.
The first releases brought the Windows, macOS and Linux installers, the hosted flow that lets websites use the helper via the beID Hermes Platform, and the core functionality of the beID Helper itself.