When (if) it gets widespread, I wonder if there will be any trouble with people picking up phones from tables in restaurants and wandering the parking lot to see if a car responds. A key fob would generally stay in a pocket, but it's not too uncommon for people to put their phone on the table.
My daughter has worked for a range of car suppliers official dealerships here in the UK. Many years ago it was the BMW brigade who had a reputation for being a**holes, driving like they owned the road and ignorance of where the turn indicators were. It was when she was working for AUDI that she noticed the drift from BMW to Audi by the same crowd, and it is now AUDI drivers who bear that mantle. I hasten to say not all of them by any means, but if you do see someone driving like a prick, it is more often than not an AUDI.
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Did they torture him?
You can already rely on just a watch. There are a number of apps that let you do that. The point of CarKey is that the phone can be dead and still work as a key.
Did they torture him?
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They need to add the 2022 Hyundai Tucson. It already supports Android OS. Remote parking assistant works on Android phones. Time for Apple to jump on board!!!
Apple is preparing to begin supporting digital car keys in the Wallet app for two new car brands: Hyundai and BYD. The feature allows users to lock, unlock, and start their vehicles using a pass stored in the Wallet on the iPhone or Apple Watch, and Ultra Wideband with Express Mode in iOS 15 can even automatically lock and unlock a compatible car as you approach without needing to wake your device.
BMW was the first manufacturer to launch digital car keys in Wallet back in 2020, and two months ago Apple began listing several Genesis and Kia models as supporting the functionality. Over the last several days, Apple has added entries for both Hyundai and BYD to its Apple Pay configuration file. A similar change last September revealed the pending addition of Genesis support.
The inclusion of Hyundai on the list of car brands supporting digital car keys on iOS isn't much of a surprise, considering that Genesis and Kia were among the earliest adopters. Genesis is a luxury brand of Hyundai, while Hyundai is the largest stakeholder in Kia and the two companies are closely interrelated. Bloomberg also reported in January that both Hyundai and Genesis models would be adding the feature "by the summer."
BYD is a Chinese brand that has been trying to expand into other countries and recently announced that it will be moving to exclusively sell full electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
We've yet to hear which specific models from the two brands will support digital car keys on iPhone and Apple Watch, but a number of Hyundai models have supported digital car keys on Android for several model years.
Article Link: Apple Preparing to Add Support for Digital Car Keys on Hyundai and BYD Vehicles
If you’re asking if the Apple Watch can be used as the digital key to unlock and start the car, the answer is yes. I use it all the time and it’s great. With Express Mode, it’s just tap and go. Don’t even need to open the Wallet app.
You are probably right.
