BMW Digital Key Plus is now available on Android – Samsung Galaxy S23+, S23 Ultra, Google Pixel 7 Pro
BMW has announced that Digital Key Plus is now available for Android smartphone users, and the feature brings full functionality to compatible smartphones.
BMW says Digital Key Plus can now be set up on the Samsung Galaxy S23+, S23 Ultra and Google Pixel 7 Pro, along with some older smartphone models with the right hardware. In January 2021, BMW introduced Digital Key Plus for Apple iPhonewith a feature that first appeared on a fully electric vehicle bmw ix.
For Samsung phones running Android 13.1 or later, supported devices include Galaxy S23+, S23 Ultra, S22+, S22 Ultra, S21+, S21 Ultra, Z Fold4, Z Fold3 and Note20 Ultra, in supported markets Samsung Wallet as Bahrain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Qatar. For Google devices, in addition to Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 6 Pro is also supported.
Previously, support for Android devices through Digital key, which requires users to place their smartphone on the driver’s door handle to lock or unlock the vehicle. Digital Key Plus uses ultra-broadband (UWB) technology that allows users to lock or unlock their vehicle without having to take their mobile device out of their pocket or bag.
Android phones are compatible with Digital Key Plus-enabled BMW models manufactured from November 2022, while a future remote software update will bring this capability to BMW models It is likely that the Digital Key Plus was manufactured before November 2022.
BMW says the next stage of development for Digital Key Plus is to provide a full range of functions comfortably accessible on Android devices.
