Apple Car Key Support Coming to Lexus Vehicles

Evidence suggests Apple is preparing to bring Car Key enactment to Lexus vehicles, MacRumors has discovered.


Code references to Lexus were recovered successful Apple's backend code, indicating the Toyota-owned luxury marque is being added to Apple's Car Key backend. The find mirrors however Toyota's ain Car Key support was archetypal uncovered, earlier the diagnostic went unrecorded for the 2026 RAV4 successful February. It is unclear erstwhile the diagnostic volition rotation retired to customers.

Lexus already offers its ain app-based Digital Key system, but dissimilar Apple Car Key, it requires an progressive transportation to Toyota's servers to relation and has not historically worked via Apple Wallet. Apple Car Key stores a integer cardinal straight successful the Wallet app and uses NFC for unlocking, with an Express Mode that allows entree without authentication. On compatible devices, it continues to enactment for up to 5 hours aft a phone's artillery has died.

Toyota confirmed to Carscoops successful February that the 2026 Lexus ES volition beryllium the archetypal Lexus exemplary to person the enhanced Digital Key functionality arsenic portion of a new-generation infotainment system, with the conveyance expected aboriginal this year. It is apt that the codification references subordinate to that upcoming rollout.

Car Key enactment has been expanding steadily crossed the industry. Vehicles from BMW, Genesis, Kia, Hyundai, Lotus, Mercedes, Volvo, and much already connection the feature, and a full database is disposable connected MacRumors.
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