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There is a greater approach of Tesla to Apple and, in turn, IOS services to unify the technological experience between electric cars and iPhone... or even Apple Watch. This...
Apple Car Key could make its way to Tesla vehicles
The Apple Wallet app may soon gain digital Car Key support for Tesla vehicles, according to newly discovered code references.Tesla could roll out Apple Car Key support.Since 2020, the Car Key feature has let iPhone and Apple Watch owners unlock and start their cars using mobile devices. The capability is built into iOS. However, certain car manufacturers, like Tesla, offer proprietary mobile apps that facilitate the same vehicle locking and unlo…
Tesla already supports its own smartphone key implementation for its vehicles via the Tesla app and its background processes. This relies on Bluetooth, and in newer vehicles, also on UWB (Ultra Wideband) support. Since last year, it has also been possible to... [See article: Tesla: Support for Apple Car Key and Google Car Key could be coming]
Tesla Moves Away From App-Based Keys As Apple Wallet Integration Looms
Tesla may be preparing to support Apple’s digital Car Keys, a move that would bring its vehicles closer to Apple’s ecosystem and address long-standing issues with its phone-key system. The first hints appeared in Tesla’s latest mobile app update, where new code references point to “wallet-based” keys instead of app-dependent access. That shift is significant because, as of today, Tesla relies on a Bluetooth Phone Key that depends on the app runn…
Tesla app code reveals potential Apple Car Key support
Apple’s Car Key feature with a BMW (Image: BMW) A teardown of Tesla mobile app version 4.52.0 has uncovered multiple code references to “Harmony Wallet Key Cards” These strings indicate Tesla is developing support for system-level digital car keys, starting with integration for Huawei’s HarmonyOS Wallet in China. The references specifically target Huawei’s ecosystem, aligning with Tesla’s practice of testing new features in the Chinese market fi…
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