"Need to lend your neighbor your car? The newest version of the digital key specification allows vehicle owners to text a copy of the key to other people. Last month, over a dozen automobile and smartphone manufacturers gathered in Palo Alto, California, for the 16th annual "Plugfest," hosted by the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to test out the latest in digital key technology."
"Digital keys, which allow vehicle owners to lock, unlock, and start their cars using smartphones or other digital devices, are becoming more commonplace. And the goal of Plugfest was to provide a place for CCC members - ranging from automakers and smart device manufacturers to cloud providers and chip makers - to come together to test interoperability and real-world performance across vehicles, devices, and wireless technologies."
"But the event was also an acknowledgement that as modern cars get more complex, these validation efforts will grow increasingly important to ensure that digital keys can keep pace with the innovation in the auto and smartphone markets. As automakers turn their focus to software-defined vehicles that can receive over-the-air updates and seemingly improve over time, digital keys will need to improve too."
Over a dozen automobile and smartphone manufacturers gathered in Palo Alto for the Car Connectivity Consortium's 16th annual Plugfest to test the latest digital key technology. Digital keys allow owners to lock, unlock, and start cars with smartphones and can now be shared by texting a copy of the key. CCC members including automakers, device makers, cloud providers, and chip manufacturers tested interoperability and real-world performance across vehicles, devices, and wireless technologies. As modern cars become more complex and shift toward software-defined architectures with over-the-air updates, validation efforts must scale so digital keys can evolve in security, compatibility, and functionality.
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