Unlock Your Car

Last year we heard that Apple was joining the consortium working on a new Digital Key specification that would allow users with the necessary hardware to unlock their car right from their iPhone. While the specification outlines both Bluetooth and NFC support, this seems like something that’s far more practical for NFC — tapping your iPhone against your car is a more secure and deliberate way of handling this that doesn’t require you to interact with an app.

This would also benefit car sharing applications, both in terms of renting vehicles and sharing cars with family and friends, since digital keys could be easily exchanged via AirDrop or iMessage, and of course could also incorporate time restrictions.