Rivian to Offer iPhone Car Keys in Apple Wallet App Later This Month

Apple Wallet car cardinal enactment is coming to Rivian's second-generation R1S and R1T electrical vehicles with a 2025.46 bundle update aboriginal this month, according to the company's bundle main Wassym Bensaid. He did not supply a circumstantial date.


This diagnostic volition let you to remotely unlock, lock, and commencement a second-generation R1S oregon R1T with an iPhone oregon Apple Watch, without needing to usage the Rivian app. Express Mode volition beryllium supported, meaning you tin support your iPhone successful your pouch arsenic you attack the vehicle, arsenic unlocking the instrumentality with Face ID is not required.

Rivian is implementing a newer mentation of the diagnostic with Ultra Wideband exertion for passive entry, eliminating the request to spot your iPhone adjacent an NFC reader.


If your iPhone artillery runs out, a Power Reserve diagnostic ensures the Apple Wallet cardinal tin inactive beryllium utilized for up to 5 hours aft the instrumentality unopen off.

You tin stock an Apple Wallet car cardinal with up to 8 household and friends via AirDrop oregon immoderate messaging app, specified arsenic the Messages app oregon WhatsApp.

Apple Wallet car keys volition not beryllium supported successful Rivian's first-generation R1S and R1T vehicles that were built done the 2024 exemplary year.

Despite implementing Apple Wallet car cardinal support, Rivian remains opposed to CarPlay. The electrical conveyance shaper does connection a built-in Apple Music app with a Connect+ subscription, which costs $14.99 per period oregon $149.99 per year.
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