Apple added a digital car key feature to its Wallet app, allowing users to lock, unlock, and start a compatible vehicle with ...

It was a 'blink and you missed it' announcement, but during WWDC 2025, Apple revealed that 13 car manufacturers would be ...

Keyless car theft is rampant in both Europe and the United States, but a new Apple-led consortium is planning to make digital car keys safer and more popular by creating some new industry ...

Digital car keys aren’t new, but they aren’t widespread yet. As the technology improves, car companies and phone makers need to come together to agree on some standards.

Car Key lets you store a digital version of your car key in Apple’s Wallet app. You can then unlock your car by holding your phone or watch close to the lock. This operates via NFC, so is very ...

Apple’s reliance on NFC for their digital car keys suggests that the feature could be using the Car Connectivity Consortium’s Digital Key Release 2.0 specification, which was finalized in May.

Samsung’s digital wallet ambitions are shifting into high gear. The company announced today upcoming Samsung Wallet support ...

Google launched its Digital Car Key feature on select Android 12 phones last year, allowing owners to automatically unlock and start supported vehicles with the phone in their pocket -- no key fob ...

Apple made its first Car Key announcement in 2020, and Google soon followed suit, introducing digital car keys as a part of the Android 12 update in 2021. The tech allows users with compatible ...

Apple Pay Chief Suggests Digital Car Keys Could Expand to Rentals. Thursday October 17, 2024 12:30 pm PDT by Juli Clover. As Apple celebrates the 10th anniversary of Apple Pay, ...

Apple introduced a digital car key feature in iPhones in 2020, but the list of supported brands has been stagnant ever since. Now, some of the latest Genesis and Kia models are compatible with the ...

Going forward, digital car keys in Android’s Google Wallet will no longer be restricted to one user. Google is adding the ability to share your digital car keys with other people who need access.