BMW Might Become the First Car Maker to Integrate Apple’s “CarKey”

Mar. 29, 2020

We all know Apple to be an electronic device manufacturer. However, over the previous years, we have seenmany pieces of evidence and patentsthat suggest Apple is working on anautonomous car. Now, reports suggest that Apple is developing “CarKey”, a universal key for cars to replace traditional key fobs. AndBMW will be the first carmaker to integrate this technologyinto their future cars.

The “CarKey” is a Digital Key technology that the Cupertino-based tech giant has been developing. 9to5Mac discovered this tech in an iOS 13.4 beta version back in February. It is similar to the Digital Key Release 1.0 of the CCC andaims to replace key fobs with a smartphone.

Now, as per the report, Apple’s “CarKey” will beusing the NFC hardware that is integrated within iPhones and Apple Watchesto aid Apple Pay. Apart from this fact, not much is known at the moment. However,Apple’s latest iPhone 11 serieshave some hardware packed inside that could be used by the company to aid this tech.

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