Galaxy customers who drive Volvo Automobiles and Polestar now have a simple answer for accessing their automobiles straight from a Galaxy smartphone utilizing Digital Key
Samsung Electronics in the present day introduced Digital Key compatibility with choose Volvo Automobiles1 and Polestar2 automobiles by way of Samsung Pockets, providing extra drivers a seamless means to make use of their Galaxy smartphone to unlock, lock and begin their automobile.
“Increasing Samsung Digital Key entry is a vital a part of our dedication to providing related, safe experiences throughout the Galaxy ecosystem,” mentioned Woncheol Chai, EVP and Head of the Digital Pockets Crew, Cellular eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “Our partnership with automakers reminiscent of Volvo Automobiles and Polestar marks one other thrilling step ahead in making on a regular basis actions like driving hassle-free for extra Galaxy customers worldwide.”
▲ Volvo EX90
▲ Polestar 3
Constructed straight into Galaxy units, Digital Key3 lets customers lock, unlock and begin the paired automobile with no bodily key. Digital Key provides 3 ways to manage the automotive: Extremely-wideband (UWB)4 for hands-free entry, Close to Subject Communication (NFC) for tap-to-unlock and begin, and Bluetooth low power (BLE) management through Samsung Pockets. Customers also can share Digital Keys with family and friends throughout OEM units, managing entry as wanted.
Samsung Digital Key meets EAL6+5 certification requirements, the top-level safety for sensible units, to guard in opposition to unauthorized entry by guaranteeing safe embedding throughout the system. UWB applied sciences, a standardized communication protocol set by the Automotive Connectivity Consortium (CCC), additional cut back the chance of unauthorized automobile entry with exact and dependable performance. If a tool containing a Samsung Digital Key’s misplaced or stolen, customers can remotely lock or delete their Digital Key through Samsung Discover. Biometric and PIN-based consumer authentication on Samsung Pockets ensures that each interplay stays safe and personal.
Launched in June 2022, Samsung Pockets is a flexible platform that enables Galaxy customers to prepare Digital Keys, cost strategies, identification playing cards and extra in a single safe software. Protected by defense-grade safety from Samsung Knox and built-in throughout the Galaxy ecosystem, Samsung Pockets gives seamless connectivity and enhanced safety for customers of their on a regular basis lives.
Availability
Samsung Digital Key performance for choose Volvo Automobiles automobiles will roll out beginning this month in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.6 Samsung Digital Key performance for choose Polestar automobiles will roll out beginning this month in Europe, North America and Asia.7
About Volvo Automotive Group
Volvo Automobiles was based in 1927. Immediately, it is among the most well-known and revered automotive manufacturers on the earth with gross sales to prospects in additional than 100 international locations. Volvo Automobiles is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm change, the place it’s traded beneath the ticker “VOLCAR B”.
“For all times. To provide folks the liberty to maneuver in a private, sustainable and protected means.” This goal is mirrored in Volvo Automobiles’ ambition to turn into a totally electrical automotive maker and in its dedication to an ongoing discount of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to realize net-zero greenhouse gasoline emissions by 2040.
As of December 2024, Volvo Automobiles employed roughly 42,600 full-time workers. Volvo Automobiles’ head workplace, product improvement, advertising and marketing and administration capabilities are primarily positioned in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Automobiles’ manufacturing vegetation are positioned in Gothenburg, Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (US), Chengdu, Daqing and Taizhou (China). The corporate additionally has R&D and design centres in Gothenburg and Shanghai (China).
About Polestar
Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) is the Swedish electrical efficiency automotive model with a deal with uncompromised design and innovation, and the ambition to speed up the change in the direction of a sustainable future. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, its vehicles can be found in 27 markets globally throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Polestar has three fashions in its line-up: Polestar 2, Polestar 3 and Polestar 4. Deliberate fashions embrace the Polestar 5 four-door GT (to be launched in 2025), the Polestar 6 roadster and the Polestar 7 compact SUV. With its automobiles at present manufactured on two continents, North America and Asia, Polestar plans to diversify its manufacturing footprint additional, with manufacturing of Polestar 7 deliberate in Europe.
Polestar has an unwavering dedication to sustainability and has set an formidable roadmap to succeed in its local weather targets: halve greenhouse gasoline emissions by 2030 per-vehicle-sold and turn into climate-neutral throughout its worth chain by 2040. Polestar’s complete sustainability technique covers the 4 areas of Local weather, Transparency, Circularity and Inclusion.
1 Volvo automobiles supporting Digital Key embrace: Volvo EX90. Extra automobiles will comply with.
2 Polestar automobiles supporting Digital Key embrace: Polestar 3. Extra automobiles will comply with.
3 Samsung Pockets Digital Key assist is accessible on choose units, together with: Galaxy S20 Extremely/S20+/S20, S21 Extremely/S21+/S21/S21 FE, S22 Extremely/S22+/S22, S23 Extremely/S23+/S23/S23 FE, S24 Extremely/S24+/S24/S24 FE, S25 Extremely/S25+/S25, Note20 Extremely/Note20, Z Fold2, Z Fold3, Z Fold4, Z Fold5, Z Fold6, Z Flip 5G, Z Flip3, Z Flip4, Z Flip5, Z Flip6.
4 UWB assist is accessible on choose units, together with: Galaxy S21 Extremely/S21+, S22 Extremely/S22+, S23 Extremely/S23+, S24 Extremely/S24+, S25 Extremely/S25+, Note20 Extremely, Z Fold2, Z Fold3, Z Fold4, Z Fold5, Z Fold6.
5 Analysis Assurance Degree 6 Augmented (EAL6+) is among the highest safety certifications inside Widespread Standards, an internationally acknowledged commonplace for laptop safety certification.
6 Digital Key rollout for Volvo in Asia begins in Australia, Malaysia and Thailand.
7 Digital Key rollout for Polestar in Asia begins in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.