Galaxy customers who drive Volvo Vehicles and Polestar now have a straightforward answer for accessing their autos straight from a Galaxy smartphone utilizing Digital Key
Samsung Electronics at this time introduced Digital Key compatibility with choose Volvo Vehicles1 and Polestar2 autos via Samsung Pockets, providing extra drivers a seamless method to make use of their Galaxy smartphone to unlock, lock and begin their car.
“Increasing Samsung Digital Key entry is a crucial a part of our dedication to providing linked, safe experiences inside the Galaxy ecosystem,” mentioned Woncheol Chai, EVP and Head of the Digital Pockets Staff, Cellular eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “Our partnership with automakers comparable to Volvo Vehicles 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 gadgets, Digital Key3 lets customers lock, unlock and begin the paired car 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 by way of Samsung Pockets. Customers also can share Digital Keys with family and friends throughout OEM gadgets, managing entry as wanted.
Samsung Digital Key meets EAL6+5 certification requirements, the top-level safety for sensible gadgets, to guard towards unauthorized entry by making certain safe embedding inside the system. UWB applied sciences, a standardized communication protocol set by the Automotive Connectivity Consortium (CCC), additional scale back the danger of unauthorized car entry with exact and dependable performance. If a tool containing a Samsung Digital Secret is misplaced or stolen, customers can remotely lock or delete their Digital Key by way of Samsung Discover. Biometric and PIN-based person 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 offers seamless connectivity and enhanced safety for customers of their on a regular basis lives.
Availability
Samsung Digital Key performance for choose Volvo Vehicles autos will roll out beginning this month in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.6 Samsung Digital Key performance for choose Polestar autos will roll out beginning this month in Europe, North America and Asia.7
About Volvo Automotive Group
Volvo Vehicles was based in 1927. At present, it is among the most well-known and revered automotive manufacturers on the planet with gross sales to prospects in additional than 100 international locations. Volvo Vehicles is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm change, the place it’s traded below the ticker “VOLCAR B”.
“For all times. To offer folks the liberty to maneuver in a private, sustainable and protected method.” This objective is mirrored in Volvo Vehicles’ ambition to grow to be a completely 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 Vehicles employed roughly 42,600 full-time workers. Volvo Vehicles’ head workplace, product improvement, advertising and marketing and administration features are primarily situated in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Vehicles’ manufacturing crops are situated 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 concentrate on uncompromised design and innovation, and the ambition to speed up the change in 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 embody the Polestar 5 four-door GT (to be launched in 2025), the Polestar 6 roadster and the Polestar 7 compact SUV. With its autos presently 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 grow to be 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 autos supporting Digital Key embody: Volvo EX90. Extra autos will comply with.
2 Polestar autos supporting Digital Key embody: Polestar 3. Extra autos will comply with.
3 Samsung Pockets Digital Key help is accessible on choose gadgets, 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 help is accessible on choose gadgets, 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 Frequent 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.
