Apple patents car-unlocking idea – has it been reading TechDigest?

Apple, Car stuff, Gadgets

Could we soon be unlocking our cars with our phones? A new patent that Apple has sent to the US Patent Office suggests that it is working on tech that will let users simply walk up to their car and have it unlock as if by magic.


The patent was spotted by BGR, which also reports that “geofencing” (ie: detecting if you’re within a certain range of your car) could be used to not only unlock the car, but also potentially start it up and have it defrosted by the time you get to it. Here’s Apple’s description:


What’s weird about this is just yesterday we were saying how Apple will need to do something about car keys, if it really wants to eliminate everything we have to carry around.

James O’Malley
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