These Cars Will Soon Support Apple Wallet Digital Car Keys
If using your iPhone as a car key sounds like something from the future, you’re not living in the present. A number of car brands support digital keys, some of which have included the option in all models released since 2020. Apple’s Wallet app has supported the feature for about five years, but adoption has been relatively slow, though it’s set to pick up speed soon.
How Apple Wallet Car Keys Work
If your car supports key management via the Wallet app on your iPhone or Apple Watch, you can control it in three ways, depending on the model. Some cars let you lock, unlock, and start the car using “passive access”: When you approach the car with the device, it locks; when you’re inside, you can start it; and when you exit the car with the device, it locks.
Other cars support a proximity sensor version of this feature, in which you hold the device close to a sensor on the door to lock or unlock it. You then hold the device close to the key reader to start the car.
Finally, there is a remote control option that allows you to lock, unlock, or start your car directly from the Wallet app.
For more information on setting up this feature, please see our guide here .
Cars that already support car keys in Apple Wallet
Apple currently doesn’t make it easy to find official statistics on which cars support the Wallet car key feature. You can find that information in Apple’s list of CarPlay-compatible cars . Apple says there are “more than 800 models to choose from,” but that’s just CarPlay information. Cars that support the Wallet car key feature are marked with a key icon next to their name. You’ll have to scroll through the entire list of more than 800 cars to find them. From what I’ve seen, these are the models:
BMW
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Being
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2024 G70
Hyundai
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2023 – 2024 Palisade
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Kia
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2023 – 2024 Telluride
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2024 EV9
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Cars That Will Soon Support Apple Wallet Keys
Apple lists a number of new car brands that will be adopting this digital feature “soon.” Unfortunately, there’s no exact timeline, but at least we know which brands will be coming next. There are 13 in total:
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Acura
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Cadillac
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Cherry
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Chevrolet
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GMC
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Hongqi
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Clear
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Porsche
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Rivian
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Smart
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Tata
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Voya
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