Hyundai and its Genesis model are reportedly near including assist for Apple’s digital automobile key characteristic, which helps you to unlock and begin appropriate automobiles utilizing the iPhone’s Wallet app, in accordance with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. According to Gurman, the so-called “CarKey” characteristic is about to come back to Hyundai’s Genesis lineup this summer time.

Hyundai already provides proprietary iOS apps, together with MyHyundai with Bluelink and the Genesis Intelligent Assistant, which embrace the flexibility to remotely begin, or unlock the doorways of appropriate automobiles. But including assist for Apple’s implementation of the digital key characteristic ought to make the performance extra seamless, and profit from system-level Apple Wallet shortcuts. Hyundai’s site notes that its NFC-based digital key characteristic is at the moment solely obtainable on Android telephones.

Apple first introduced its digital automobile key characteristic in 2020, however thus far it’s solely obtainable on choose BMW fashions. Reports that it will be coming to Hyundai’s automobiles date again to no less than January 2021 when Business Korea reported on the plans, and reference’s to Hyundai’s Genesis automobiles have also been discovered in iOS 15 code.

Bloomberg’s report doesn’t specify whether or not Hyundai plans to utilize latest iPhones’ extremely wideband (UWB) know-how, which might permit homeowners to unlock their automobile with out having to take their cellphone out of their pocket, or whether or not it would simply use NFC. BMW beforehand introduced the characteristic for its all-electric iX, counting on the U1 chip discovered within the iPhone 11 and later.

Apple and Hyundai have been beforehand rumored to be in discussions to provide an electrical automobile collectively. Hyundai later downplayed these rumors, and mentioned it was not in talks with the iPhone producer.