Apple Car Key Support Coming to Future Mahindra Vehicles

[MacRumors]

Apple's Car Keys feature appears to be coming to future vehicles made by Indian maker Mahindra, based on code changes discovered by MacRumors in Apple's Wallet app backend.

Car Keys allows an iPhone or Apple Watch with NFC capabilities to unlock a vehicle through the Wallet app. A digital version of a car key is stored in Wallet, and unlocking can be done simply by holding an Apple Watch or ‌iPhone‌ near a compatible vehicle's NFC reader.

Mahindra already supports Samsung Wallet's Digital Car Key feature for Galaxy devices, but it does not yet offer native Apple Car Key support, so this would need to be implemented by the automobile manufacturer first on future models.

What can be done with Car Keys may vary by car manufacturer, but at a minimum, Car Keys can be used to unlock your car, lock your car, and start your car, which are the features available with a physical key.

Apple introduced Car Keys in 2022, and car manufacturers like BMW, Rivian, Kia, and Hyundai have all implemented support for Car Keys. Apple maintains a full list of vehicles that support Car Keys on its CarPlay model availability webpage.

Article Link: Apple Car Key Support Coming to Future Mahindra Vehicles

 

[StuBeck]

Thank god, I was waiting to buy my next Mahindra vehicle until this happened.

 

[psxp]

Mahindra ? never heard of it

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Looked them up out of curiosity - another company that only makes SUVs 🙄

 

[dannyyankou]

Mahindra ? never heard of it

They’re the 5th most popular car brand in the most populated country on earth.

 

[Eddy Munn]

Mahindra ? never heard of it

Most sales are within India, I presume you don't reside there.

 

[User 6502]

They’re the 5th most popular car brand in the most populated country on earth.

That is not a very useful metric. It could be well be it’s popular just there and in absolute terms worldwide sells very little. I would be surprised if it makes it in the top 20 of the most popular car brands worldwide.

 

[TurboDrooler]

oh thank goodness! I can't finally sleep soundly

 

[sw1tcher]

Mahindra ? never heard of it

Only people into cars would have heard of them. They tried to enter the U.S. market with a truck 16 years ago

Mahindra Pickup Failure Shows Difficulty of Launching New Brands in the U.S.

Here’s what happened with Mahindra, and why these issues affect any new entrant to the American market.

www.caranddriver.com

That is not a very useful metric. It could be well be it’s popular just there and in absolute terms worldwide sells very little. I would be surprised if it makes it in the top 20 of the most popular car brands worldwide.

Not top 20, but 25th place for global brand value.

Mahindra ranks 25th in top 100 valuable global auto brands: Report

Eight Indian auto brands feature in global top 100, with Mahindra leading at 25th as strong SUV demand, EV push and global expansion drive rising brand value

www.business-standard.com

Mahindra Enters Top 25 Global Auto Brands, Brand Value Jumps 17% in 2026

Mahindra joins the world's elite automotive brandsFor decades, India's automakers were quietly building — refining their products, deepening consumer trust, and gradually stretching beyond the borders of the subcontinent. In 2026, that quiet work is finally showing up in the numbers that matter...

www.autopunditz.com

Some might not think that to be impressive, but Mahindra is actually ranked higher than Lamborghini (27th) and Cadillac (30th)

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[H.E. Pennypacker]

They’re the 5th most popular car brand in the most populated country on earth.

You say this as if we all should know who this brand is. I’m 44 years old. Never heard of them.

 

[FSMBP]

You say this as if we all should know who this brand is. I’m 44 years old. Never heard of them.

Pennypacker, you're a wealthy American industrialist. You should have heard of them!
😛

 

[User 6502]

Only people into cars would have heard of them. They tried to enter the U.S. market with a truck 16 years ago

Mahindra Pickup Failure Shows Difficulty of Launching New Brands in the U.S.

Here’s what happened with Mahindra, and why these issues affect any new entrant to the American market.

www.caranddriver.com

Not top 20, but 25th place for global brand value.

Mahindra ranks 25th in top 100 valuable global auto brands: Report

Eight Indian auto brands feature in global top 100, with Mahindra leading at 25th as strong SUV demand, EV push and global expansion drive rising brand value

www.business-standard.com

Mahindra Enters Top 25 Global Auto Brands, Brand Value Jumps 17% in 2026

Mahindra joins the world's elite automotive brandsFor decades, India's automakers were quietly building — refining their products, deepening consumer trust, and gradually stretching beyond the borders of the subcontinent. In 2026, that quiet work is finally showing up in the numbers that matter...

www.autopunditz.com

Some might not think that to be impressive, but Mahindra is actually ranked higher than Lamborghini (27th) and Cadillac (30th)

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Top 25 is definitely not impressive as most people can’t name 20 car companies, let alone 25. Selling more than Lamborghini and the likes is not a great achievement, as Lamborghinis are niche cars for a tiny segment of the market. They don’t aim to sell much, their fame most definitely doesn’t come from big sales. It’s a bit like saying that some unknown Polynesian company making wristwatches is quite impressive because it sells more 10$ plastic watches than Rolex sells luxury watches.

 

[sw1tcher]

Top 25 is definitely not impressive as most people can’t name 20 car companies, let alone 25...

Hence why I stated only people into cars would have heard of them.

Selling more than Lamborghini and the likes is not a great achievement, as Lamborghinis are niche cars for a tiny segment of the market.

It's not just about sales. The ranking also factors in global brand strength (i.e. brand rating). Mahindra has a 86.5 out of 100 (AAA) score.

Lamborghini is 86.4 out of 100.

 

[dannyyankou]

You say this as if we all should know who this brand is. I’m 44 years old. Never heard of them.

I’m not saying anyone should know anything, someone just said they never heard of them and I gave some information.

 

[Vasilioskn]

Finally I’ve been waiting 44 years for this.

 

[gomichaelgo]

Thanks for letting us know... i guess lol

 

[p96]

TIL they make a Jeep Wrangler variation. It's based on the Jeep CJ design they have a license for. 😎

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahindra_Thar

 

[svish]

Good to know about this. Glad to see that more car manufacturers are supporting the functionality.

 

[Wolfpup]

So what is it toyota supports? I had THOUGHT they supported this, but maybe it’s just something in a separate app…and I guess you have to subscribe to it which isn’t awesome.

I do think it sounds super cool and useful to be able to unlock and use my car with my watch or phone! Especially since I’m always nervous I’m going to forget my key.