Technology giant Apple continues to take new steps to expand its ecosystem. It introduces its new products to its users in many fields from smart phones to computers, from wearable technology to the automotive sector. In this context, the company introduced CarKey in 2020. However, a new claim has been made for the feature, which has a very limited usage area since then.
CarKey feature coming to Hyundai and Genesis this summer
CarKey was introduced to unlock cars with the U1 chip on certain iPhones and Apple Watches. However, this feature, which was stated to be useful, was only available in selected BMW models. That’s why a new claim has been made for the feature, which cannot be spread very widely.
Steps are being taken for the first expansion of Apple’s CarKey feature beyond BMW. According to the news published by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, the Carkey feature will appear in some models of Hyundai and Genesis until this summer. Mark Gurman’s report on the subject includes the following statements.
Remember CarKey, the Apple feature announced a year and a half ago that lets you unlock and start your car from your iPhone’s Wallet app? You may not be familiar with it, as Apple hasn’t brought this feature up for a while and only selected certain BMW models. I was told that this would change soon. Based on code findings in iOS 15 a few months ago, I’ve heard that the next cars to receive support for the feature will be models from the Hyundai and Genesis series. It was said that the functionality will be available by the summer.
In fact, Apple and Hyundai announced a partnership about a year ago. It was claimed that Apple had agreed on the electric autonomous car project, which has become an urban legend for a long time. But Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia Motors said they are not in talks with Apple for an autonomous car. In addition, Hyundai stated that they are partnering with many companies on autonomous vehicles.
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