Apple is preparing to start supporting digital car keys in the Wallet app for two new car brands: Hyundai and BYD. This feature allows users to lock, unlock, and start their vehicles using a pass card stored in Wallet on their iPhone or Apple Watch, and Ultra Wideband with Express Mode in iOS 15 can automatically lock and unlock a compatible vehicle upon approach without having to wake your device.


BMW was the first manufacturer to launch digital car keys in Wallet in 2020, and two months ago Apple began listing several Genesis and Kia models as support for functionality. Over the past several days, Apple has added entries for both Hyundai and BYD to its Apple Pay configuration file. A similar change last September revealed the pending addition of Genesis support.

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Hyundai’s inclusion in the list of car brands that support digital car keys on iOS didn’t come as much of a surprise, considering that Genesis and Kia were among the early adopters. Genesis is Hyundai’s luxury brand, while Hyundai is Kia’s largest shareholder and the two companies are closely related. Bloomberg It also reported in January that both Hyundai and Genesis models would add the feature “by summer.”

BYD is a Chinese brand that is trying to expand into other countries and recently announced that it will exclusively sell hybrid and full electric cars.

We haven’t yet heard of any specific models of the two brands that will support digital car keys on the iPhone‌ and Apple Watch, but a number of Hyundai models have supported digital car keys on Android for several model years.

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