Published in Fierce Electronics on July 21, 2025
Apple was a charter member of the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) and an early proponent of using a smartphone for digital car key functions, launching that capability as early as 2020. Last week, the company played a key role in an event that will spread digital key capabilities to more vehicles and mobile devices.
The tech giant hosted the CCC’s 13th Plugfest in Cupertino, California, where a broad range of companies from the automotive and mobile device sectors convened to test Version 4 of the CCC’s Digital Key specification. The Plugfest activities were aimed at further improving cross-platform interoperability and cross-version compatibility as digital key adoption continues to grow rapidly.
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