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Hate driving to the gas station? Meet Volvo’s new connected concierge service<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In fact, NFC keys are all the rage in the industry. Tesla, for example, switched to using an NFC card instead of a more conventional remote fob with the introduction of the Model 3 sedan<\/a> several years ago. As we reported in 2016<\/a>, Volvo started playing around with digital keys—including the ability to share them with other authorized users—with its digital concierge service. And digital keys enabled a 2015 pilot program in Germany that turned the trunk of your Audi into a locker<\/a> that DHL could use to drop off your Amazon packages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Truth be told, some people have been expecting this addition to iPhones for a while. People noticed references<\/a> to the CarKey API in iOS 13.4 earlier this year. And a BMW press release from December 2019<\/a> included a quote from Olaf Müller, head of Development Digital Access Systems at BMW, saying that the brand’s “customers want cross-vendor interoperability.” Since the tech was already available on some Android models, logically Müller must have been referring to iOS.<\/p>\n Many OEMs other than BMW are members of the CCC, including Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Rivian, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. So it’s reasonable to expect this technology to start showing up on models other than the BMW 5 Series before too long. (Tesla is not a member of the CCC, however.) And the group is currently working on finalizing its Release 3.0 spec, which will use Bluetooth Low Energy and Ultra Wideband to “enable these new location-aware features for Digital Key and to allow secure positioning with accuracy equal to or better than existing passive key fobs.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Tags:<\/b> JONATHAN M. GITLIN<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The near-field communication standard has been available on Android for a while. On Monday, Apple revealed a new feature in iOS 14 that will allow (some) users to ditch the keys to their car. It’s called CarKey, and it’s Apple’s implementation of the Car Connectivity Consortium’s Digital Key Release 2.0 standard, which was finalized in early … Continue reading Apple adds CarKey function to iOS14, BMW will support it first<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading