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Apple Car Key Support Coming to Future GWM Tank SUVs

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Apple's Car Keys feature appears to be coming to TANK vehicles made by Chinese maker Great Wall Motor (GWM), based on code changes discovered by MacRumors in Apple's Wallet app backend.

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GWM Tank is a dedicated off-road luxury SUV brand produced by the Chinese automaker.

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 a compatible vehicle's NFC reader.

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 car manufacturers like BMW, Rivian, Kia, and Hyundai have all implemented support for Car Keys. Apple maintains a full list of vehicles that support Car Keys on its CarPlay model availability webpage.

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turbineseaplane
3 weeks ago
I love this branding.

I'm surprised GM hasn't already snapped up the TANK SUV moniker, as they make several models that would qualify.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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3 weeks ago
I would never use the apple car key for driving my car. Just yesterday when I wanted to move my car out of the garage, I discovered the key was gone out of my Apple wallet. Don't know if this was due to an upgraded car app or updating ios or just Apple's security rules since I haven't used the phone key in a while.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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alexandr
3 weeks ago

I love this branding.

I'm surprised GM hasn't already snapped up the TANK SUV moniker, as they make several models that would qualify.
I bet Tesla's got a CYBER TANK in the works.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
KENESS Avatar
KENESS
3 weeks ago
Just came to say "Great Wall Motor" is a pretty dang cool name...
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springer7217
3 weeks ago
I'd like to point out that Tesla does this flawlessly already and I don't think they're using `Wallet`.
As long as my Apple Watch is on my wrist, or phone in my pocket (with bluetooth on) I'm able to get into my car.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Reason077
3 weeks ago

Except Tesla’s phone key works flawlessly with its cars and yeah Apple Watch and nfc cars. This is a standard protocol I guess to support the same for many vehicles.

Apple should use teslas tech, lol.
They already do. At least for recent models: Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) with Ultra-Wideband (UWB). Apple Car Key can additionally use NFC on older vehicles, but UWB is the preferred technology. For older vehicles/phones that don't have UWB, Tesla's app uses BLE only, no NFC.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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