TECHNOLOGY
BMW extends digital key integration to iPhone
Users will be able to share access to five people or restrict features for young drivers
25 June 2020 - 05:00
BMW will integrate Apple software to enable its customers to use an iPhone as a fully digital car key, the carmaker announced at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference.
This inventive system is already in use for Android-powered phones in European and other markets and now the BMW digital key will for the first time be stored securely in Apple Wallet for iPhones. This will work by simply tapping your Apple smartphone to unlock the car, then placing the iPhone in the smartphone tray and pushing the start button to fire up the engine...
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