Ford wants you to stash it in your belt buckle, but there’s absolutely no need to be lugging around a bulky fob. Trouble is, phone-as-a-key tech could be superseded before it even gets going. My ...

BMW was the first car manufacturer to adopt Apple’s Car Key feature – enabling an iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock your car – and has now announced an enhanced version known as Digital Key Plus.

You can now unlock your car remotely without a key fob, assuming you have a smartphone and a compatible car. Apple updated its Wallet ecosystem in 2020 to allow users to add their digital car keys.

Nowadays, electronic car keys have become the norm, a massive shift from just a few decades ago when anyone with a little know-how could turn over the ignition on a car with some crossed wires and a ...

Volvo may abandon key card system in EX30 and EX90 due to customer complaints. Current phone-as-key option only supports iPhones, leaving Android users frustrated and excluded. Buyer demographics skew ...

Technology that allows hotel guests to use their phones as room keys is expanding, taking aim at those environmentally unfriendly plastic cards. By Karen Schwartz The demonstration using the cellphone ...