Apple’s Car Keys feature appears to be available on future vehicles made by Indian manufacturer Mahindra, based on code changes discovered by Woozad in the backend of Apple’s Wallet app.
Car Keys allows an iPhone or Apple Watch with NFC capabilities to unlock a vehicle through the Wallet app. A digital version of a car key is stored in Wallet and unlocking can be done simply by holding an Apple Watch or ‌iPhone‌ near the NFC reader of a compatible vehicle.
Mahindra already supports Samsung Wallet’s digital car key functionality for Galaxy devices, but it does not yet offer native support for Apple Car Key, which is expected to be implemented by the automaker on future models first.
What can be done with car keys may vary by car manufacturer, but at a minimum, car keys can be used to unlock your car, lock your car, and start your car, which are the features available with a physical key.
Apple introduced car keys in 2022, and automakers like BMW, Rivian, Kia, and Hyundai have all implemented support for car keys. Apple maintains a complete list of vehicles that support Car Keys on its CarPlay model availability web page.
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