Tesla working on Apple Watch app that could use digital key to remotely unlock your vehicle

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A caller Apple Watch app could adhd Tesla's Phone Key characteristic to your wrist. (Image credit: Tesla)

A caller type of nan Tesla iPhone app has revealed that nan institution whitethorn beryllium moving connected a companion app for Apple Watch users, which could see a integer cardinal functionality designed to activity pinch each nan best Apple Watches.

Elon Musk suggested an Apple Watch app for Tesla owners could beryllium connected nan cards earlier this year, and now we've conscionable sewage our first glimpse.

As reported by MacRumors, "Tesla past week updated its iPhone app pinch caller Control Center controls connected iOS 18. In addition, nan latest type of nan app added hidden codification references to an upcoming Apple Watch type of nan app."

According to nan report, nan codification shows functionality for utilizing an Apple Watch arsenic a integer cardinal that tin beryllium utilized to unlock your Tesla conveyance remotely.

A large Apple Watch upgrade for Tesla owners

Apple Watch Series 10 broadside by side.

Using an Apple Watch to unlock a Tesla isn't unheard of, arsenic it's a characteristic that has been disposable connected nan third-party Stats app for Tesla for a mates of years now.

However, Tesla's impending update will bring charismatic functionality to Apple Watch models, letting users unlock their car moreover if their iPhone has tally retired of artillery aliases if they don't person it connected their person.

Tesla's 2012-2020 Model S and 2015-2020 Model X do not support telephone keys, requiring an net relationship to usage distant start, truthful it seems apt those models besides won't beryllium supported by nan caller Apple Watch unlocking feature.

Unfortunately, there's nary patient timeline for nan Tesla Apple Watch app launch, but its caller quality successful codification suggests it's adjacent astatine hand.

Apple continues to grow its ain support for integer car keys. Recently, it emerged that nan characteristic would grow to vehicles made by Volvo, Polestar, and Audi. That would adhd immoderate large names to a database that already includes BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and more.

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Stephen Warwick is TechRadar's Fitness & Wearables writer pinch astir a decade of acquisition covering technology, including 5 years arsenic nan News Editor of iMore. He's a keen fittingness enthusiast and is ne'er acold from nan section gym, Apple Watch astatine nan ready, to grounds his latest workout. Stephen has acquisition penning astir each facet of exertion including products, services, hardware, and software. He's covered breaking news and processing stories regarding proviso chains, patents and litigation, competition, authorities and lobbying, nan environment, and more. He's conducted interviews pinch manufacture experts successful a scope of fields including finance, litigation, security, and more. Outside of work, he's a monolithic tech and history buff pinch a passion for Rome Total War, reading, and music.

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