Apple had several exciting car-related announcements to make at WWDC yesterday. In addition to showing off some great new CarPlay features, the company announced that car keys will soon be supported by 13 new vehicle brands inside the Apple Wallet app. Here’s what’s coming.
Apple Wallet’s car key feature is expanding
In Apple’s quest to replace the physical wallet with its Wallet app, the company launched ‘car keys’ in 2020.
The feature is basically exactly what it sounds like: car keys grant access to your vehicle using your iPhone or Apple Watch.
Implementations of car keys vary by manufacturer, with multiple features available case by case. My colleague Chance explains:
- Passive entry: Approach your car with your device, it unlocks, start your car when inside, and walk away from your car with your device, it locks.
- Proximity: Lock, unlock, and start the car by holding your device close to the door handle or key reader.
- Remotely: You can use your device to remote lock and unlock your car, and use other features.
You can find a full rundown of currently supported car key vehicles here.
That list will be growing soon, though. Apple announced that 13 new vehicle brands are about to gain car key support.
Car keys coming for 13 new vehicle brands
Here’s the full list:
- Acura
- Cadillac
- Chery
- Chevrolet
- GMC
- Hongqi
- Lucid
- Porsche
- Rivian
- Smart
- Tata
- Voyah
- WEY
There was no specific timeline given for these brands adopting car key support.
However, since Apple made the announcement at WWDC during its iOS 26 presentation, hopefully we’ll see these brands all roll out support some time before the end of the year.
After these 13 brands add car keys, a total of 33 brands will be offered by Apple Wallet.
Do you use car key in Apple Wallet? How has that worked for you? Let us know in the comments.
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