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VW Planning to Offer Apple Wallet Car Keys on iPhone

VW Apple Wallet Car Key MockVolkswagen is planning to offer Apple Wallet car keys in future vehicles, according to new server-side Apple code.

The code does not provide any more details, so we do not know which VW vehicle models will offer the feature or when.

With an Apple Wallet car key, you can use your iPhone or Apple Watch to lock, unlock, and start your vehicle. The feature is already offered by Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and select other automakers in various countries.

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9 weeks ago
I'm guessing you will pay for subscription to have this feature.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HouseLannister Avatar
9 weeks ago
Don't trust code leaks as a sign of upcoming support. Same code was found in Lexus and no announcement months later. And I think the only Toyota that got it post-code discovery was the RAV4 and that was only with an extra subscription. There's a difference between "planning" to do something and just "testing."
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Plutonius Avatar
9 weeks ago
That's assuming that VW is still around in the future.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
9 weeks ago

No, but we should ditch GM because of their shoddy products.
Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android to go with their own proprietary solution is enough of a deal-breaker for me to avoid GM vehicles altogether.

Hyundai – OTOH – says they will adopt CarPlay Ultra although I'm not sure if they'll make it backward compatible to my '26 Palisade (via a firmware update).
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
9 weeks ago
Good! Should have been available a long time ago. Will be very useful and convenient.
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match14 Avatar
9 weeks ago

That's assuming that VW is still around in the future.
They are in deep financial trouble.
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