Galaxy customers who drive Volvo Vehicles and Polestar now have a straightforward resolution for accessing their autos instantly from a Galaxy smartphone utilizing Digital Key
Samsung Electronics as we speak 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 automobile.
“Increasing Samsung Digital Key entry is a crucial a part of our dedication to providing linked, safe experiences inside the Galaxy ecosystem,” stated Woncheol Chai, EVP and Head of the Digital Pockets Group, Cellular eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “Our partnership with automakers akin 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 instantly into Galaxy units, Digital Key3 lets customers lock, unlock and begin the paired automobile with out a bodily key. Digital Key provides 3 ways to manage the automotive: Extremely-wideband (UWB)4 for hands-free entry, Close to Area Communication (NFC) for tap-to-unlock and begin, and Bluetooth low power (BLE) management by way of Samsung Pockets. Customers can even 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 towards unauthorized entry by making certain safe embedding inside the gadget. UWB applied sciences, a standardized communication protocol set by the Automotive Connectivity Consortium (CCC), additional scale back the chance of unauthorized automobile entry with exact and dependable performance. If a tool containing a Samsung Digital Secret’s misplaced or stolen, customers can remotely lock or delete their Digital Key by way of 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 arrange 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 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. In the present day, it is among the most well-known and revered automotive manufacturers on the planet with gross sales to clients in additional than 100 nations. Volvo Vehicles is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm change, the place it’s traded below the ticker “VOLCAR B”.
“For all times. To provide individuals the liberty to maneuver in a private, sustainable and protected method.” This goal is mirrored in Volvo Vehicles’ ambition to change 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 fuel emissions by 2040.
As of December 2024, Volvo Vehicles employed roughly 42,600 full-time staff. Volvo Vehicles’ head workplace, product growth, advertising and administration capabilities are primarily positioned in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Vehicles’ manufacturing crops 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 give attention to uncompromised design and innovation, and the ambition to speed up the change in the direction of a sustainable future. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, its automobiles 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 at the moment 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 bold roadmap to achieve its local weather targets: halve greenhouse fuel emissions by 2030 per-vehicle-sold and change 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 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 obtainable 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 help is obtainable 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 Stage 6 Augmented (EAL6+) is among the highest safety certifications inside Frequent Standards, an internationally acknowledged normal 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.
