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Originally Posted by wtwo3
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Originally Posted by KevinC
Useless feature IMHO, given that with the "old" technology I can still walk up to the car, unlock it by merely grabbing the door handle, then start the car with the key in my pocket. The digital key requires the phone be placed in the wireless charger before allowing it to start? That's a step backwards.
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Think the point here is you won't need to carry your key with you. |
Ultimately this also should work with wearables so you don't have to carry anything in your pocket at all.
Has anyone here had any first hand experience?
The functionality seem to have been available for a while according to these documents:
https://www.bmwusa.com/content/dam/b...DigitalKey.pdf
https://www.bmwusa.com/content/dam/b...lityMatrix.pdf