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Tesla’s iPhone app gets better digital car key support with ultra wideband


The latest Tesla update makes it even easier to unlock your car without taking your iPhone out.

It’s the same type of precision tracking that lets you even when the thing they’re attached to is lost in the cushions of your couch. The change isn’t available for Android users yet, but some recent Pixel and Galaxy phones include UWB chips, so support could come to them eventually. After downloading the update, users should be prompted to “Upgrade Your Phone Key,” followed by a request to give the app access to Nearby Interactions, an iOS setting that opens up the iPhone’s U1 chip to the app.

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