{"id":707,"date":"2020-03-23T22:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T23:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:12:22","slug":"ios-14-code-reveals-apple-working-with-bmw-on-futuristic-carkey-iphone-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/23\/ios-14-code-reveals-apple-working-with-bmw-on-futuristic-carkey-iphone-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 14 code reveals Apple working with BMW on futuristic \u2018CarKey\u2019 iPhone feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/client-mu-plugins\/9to5-core\/includes\/obfuscate-images\/images\/9to5mac-default.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1000\"><\/div>\n<p><em>9to5Mac\u00a0<\/em>reported <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2020\/02\/05\/new-carkey-feature-in-ios-13-4-beta-brings-built-in-support-for-unlocking-driving-and-sharing-nfc-car-keys\/\">exclusively in February<\/a> that Apple is developing a new \u2018CarKey\u2019 feature that will let drivers replace physical key fobs with their iPhone. The new virtual key technology was first discovered in a beta version of iOS 13.4.<\/p>\n<p>New evidence in <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/ios-14\/\">iOS 14<\/a> code obtained by\u00a0<em>9to5Mac\u00a0<\/em>reveals that Apple is working with BMW to likely be the first carmaker to support the futuristic iPhone feature.\u00a0<em>9to5Mac\u00a0<\/em>received this non-denial statement from BMW when asked about their involvement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Please understand that at this point we cannot confirm your request nor give you further details. We would like to refer you to our press release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The informative press release referenced was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.bmwgroup.com\/global\/article\/detail\/T0302592EN\/bmw-group-ushers-in-next-digital-key-generation?language=en#spaceexplored\">published in December<\/a> and refers to BMW\u2019s efforts to adopt a new smartphone and watch Digital Key standard:<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"bmw,car-connectivity-consortium,carkey,digital-key,ios-14,watchos-7\" data-layer-viewtype=\"taxonomy-ninetofive_featured\" data-post-id=\"636037\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2020\/03\/23\/ios-14-bmw-carkey\/#more-636037\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9to5Mac\u00a0reported exclusively in February that Apple is developing a new \u2018CarKey\u2019 feature that will let drivers replace physical key fobs with their iPhone. The new virtual key technology was first discovered in a beta version of iOS 13.4. New evidence in iOS 14 code obtained by\u00a09to5Mac\u00a0reveals that Apple is working with BMW to likely be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozilydecor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}