{"id":241505,"date":"2026-05-08T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/little-known-new-iphone-feature-just-landed-for-any-drivers-of-these-few-car-brands\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T05:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:30:07","slug":"little-known-new-iphone-feature-just-landed-for-any-drivers-of-these-few-car-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/little-known-new-iphone-feature-just-landed-for-any-drivers-of-these-few-car-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Little-known new iPhone feature just landed for any drivers of these few car brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniladtech.com\/apple\/iphone\/new-iphone-feature-digital-car-key-106527-20260507\">Little-known new iPhone feature just landed for any drivers of these few car brands<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniladtech.com\/apple\/iphone\/new-iphone-feature-digital-car-key-106527-20260507\">https:\/\/www.uniladtech.com\/apple\/iphone\/new-iphone-feature-digital-car-key-106527-20260507<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 05:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.uniladtech.com\">www.uniladtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Apple fans are in luck as a little-known feature has just dropped for drivers of certain car brands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The addition to the iPhone could potentially be a life-saver, but only if you own one of these types of cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">This is because these vehicles are now eligible to use Apple digital car keys, meaning you will no longer need to use the physical key to lock or unlock their cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">But which cars will be getting the feature? A full list can be viewed below:<\/p>\n<p>An Apple feature has just dropped for drivers of certain car brands (Matteo Della Torre\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_list__njBdr\">\n<li>GMC<\/li>\n<li>Rivian<\/li>\n<li>Porsche<\/li>\n<li>Lucid<\/li>\n<li>Chevrolet<\/li>\n<li>Cadillac<\/li>\n<li>Acura<\/li>\n<li>Chery<\/li>\n<li>Hongqi<\/li>\n<li>WEY<\/li>\n<li>Smart<\/li>\n<li>Tata Motors<\/li>\n<li>Voyah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">This feature is already available for other brands including Audi, BMW, and Hyundai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Apple explained: \u201cYou can use your car key on your iPhone or Apple Watch to lock, unlock and start your car. The way you use your key and the features available depend on the model of your car. Contact the manufacturer or your dealership to find out what features your key supports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cWhen you add your car key to the Wallet app, Express Mode is turned on automatically. Express Mode allows you to use your car key without unlocking your device, or authenticating with Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">So, how do you add your car key to your iPhone? 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You should then be prompted by the onscreen instructions to place the top center of your iPhone on the key reader while your iPhone and car pair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Apple continued: \u201cDepending on your car\u2019s configuration, it will either unlock automatically as you approach with your device in your pocket or bag, or it will only unlock when you pull&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniladtech.com\/apple\/iphone\/new-iphone-feature-digital-car-key-106527-20260507\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little-known new iPhone feature just landed for any drivers of these few car brands https:\/\/www.uniladtech.com\/apple\/iphone\/new-iphone-feature-digital-car-key-106527-20260507&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/ogimage\/v3\/assets\/bltb5d92757ac1ee045\/bltcdf00d8d2d02ade1\/69fda80270f6265ef652715f\/Little-known-new-iPhone-feature-just-landed-for-any-drivers-of-these-few-car-brands.jpg?crop=1200,675,x0,y0","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241507,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241505\/revisions\/241507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}