Update your iPhone to iOS 13.4 and you don’t need to bring your car keys anymore!

Only a week later, Apple released the first developer beta of iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 (the previous version was iOS 13.3.1), which can be regarded as a major version upgrade.

iOS13.4 has updated a lot of content, such as adjustments to the email toolbar, new Memoji expressions, keyboard shortcuts on iPad, etc. Among them, this update allows the iPhone to be transformed into a "car key", and this feature has received a lot of attention.

Use your mobile phone as a car start key? iOS13.4 updated a development interface called "Carkey", through which the iPhone and Apple Watch can unlock, lock and start the car. Of course, this service requires the support of the car manufacturer.

Theoretically, this function is just like using NFC to swipe a bus card. For a paired "car", you just need to swipe it with your iPhone or Apple Watch. Currently, Carkey is only a development interface on the shelf. As for how popular it can be, it still requires the joint efforts of Apple and car manufacturers.

Apple has always been obsessed with "cars". News about "Apple making cars" has been heard for many years. Since the announcement of the iOS in the Car plan in 2013, Apple has also begun its layout in the automotive industry. In 2014, Apple launched the iOS system car service CarPlay, which can make calls, use maps, listen to music, check messages and other functions by connecting to the iPhone. By 2015, Apple also registered three top-level domain names "apple.car", "apple.cars" and "apple.auto". Over the years, Apple has also introduced a large number of high-end talents from car companies. Of course, there have also been news of layoffs. However, the legendary Apple Car is still in a state of "only hearing its voice but not seeing its person", and "making cars" is still too difficult. Starting with services such as CarPlay and Carkey seems to be more in line with Apple's appetite.