Apple and CarKey: see how the iPhone will become the key to your car
The future will be to open the car directly with the smartphone without having to necessarily pass the key. Apple thinks, so and the references to CarKey lead precisely in this direction. Here because.
Good-bye, key for cars. Those of the near future will simply open with the smartphone. A novelty that does not seem to be a mere concept, but a reality that Apple is ready to implement already in its operating system.
The news comes directly from the release of the Beta of iOS 13.4 to the developers who in addition to the usual resolution of the various previous bugs, also introduce some news, including that of the CarKey.
CarKey: how the novelty in iOS 13.4 work
The new feature that Apple is ready to implement is called CarKey and, as expected from the name itself, is nothing more than the ability to lock or unlock your car using an iPhone or even more comfortably an Apple Watch.
According to the strings of the code found on iOS 13.4, the system would work in conjunction with any type of car as long as NFC technology is supported. In this way, simply by bringing the smartwatch or smartphone closer to the car it can open or even allow the recall of other features.
According to what has been discovered, by setting the so-called ” Express Mode, “ie the same procedure that allows you to bypass recognition with Face ID or Touch ID as with payment via Apple Pay, you will be able to unlock the car quickly without even externalizing Apple Watch or iPhone.
Not only because the code showed that Apple could allow other users to access the CarKey, who is the real owner who will be able to share CarKey with others, such as family members, and thus guarantee the same functioning of the classic key that has always been used?
In short, a very interesting novelty that could actually change the ways of using the ” smart ” car. No more keys but, a smartphone or smartwatch will be enough to unlock the car or maybe even to remotely activate or deactivate some features.
It is not an absolute novelty since there are already solutions of this type around but obtaining a univocal standard allows to improve both the user experience and the system security.
