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      07-15-2019, 11:58 AM   #1
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Digital Key

I am curious on the limitations of the Digital Key. My car came with a key card and I was able to program it and use it. I was trying to setup the digital key on my phone, but under the connected drive app, there is no option to use a digital key.

When I log into my connected drive account online, it only states that it will work with a Samsung phone. Is this true, is there no way to get it working with an iPhone?


With the Digital Key you no longer need your conventional car key. The BMW Connected App lets you install the Digital Key on your Samsung smartphone to lock and unlock your BMW and start the engine.

You always have your car key in digital form with you on your Samsung smartphone
  • Lock and unlock your BMW or start the engine
  • The term of the Digital Key is one year
  • You always have your car key in digital form with you on your Samsung smartphone.
  • Use it to lock and unlock your BMW or start the engine.
  • The digital key is valid for one year.
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      07-15-2019, 12:43 PM   #2
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Correct, doesn’t work with iPhone. Apple doesn’t give 3rd parties access to the hardware at this time, they limit it to their own apps, like ApplePay.
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dang that stinks...thanks for the clarification.
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      07-15-2019, 02:32 PM   #4
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iOS 13 will change that, hopefully BMW will update the Connected Drive app for you guys in the fall after it’s released.
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Android users have long been excluded by BMW until more recent models. For example, the BMW M Laptimer is only available on an iPhone or iPod Touch. I'm pretty sure that the BMW Connected app and the BMW Genius app were originally available only on iDevices but I'm happy to say that they work great on Android now. I think that there were other BMW apps which were only available on iDevices, but since I'm not an iUser, I can't say what those were.
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