Kia wants your car key replaced by a smartwatch

Posted on 16-09-2014 at 14:35 by ricardo – 30 Comments”

Forget the old-fashioned car key. The Koreans jump on the smartwatch bandwagon, and think that there is a need for a watch to your car to operate.

The smartwatch is a hot topic in technologieland. Numerous manufacturers have now copies with Android Wear released, and in Cupertino was last week, the Apple Watch will be presented. Now consumers can get to them to get the wrist bind, but that is a side issue. Last week we took all of how various automakers are busy the smartwatch to integrate with cars. Or better said: to relevant info and functions on smartwatch to turn.

Kia is now going a step further and comes with its own watch. In terms of appearance, walk them to a safe road, with a steel case and a rubber band. Really ‘smart’ it does not matter, but that is a compliment (this kind of horlogebonken we should not want to). With the watch are the tasks of the electronic key and start button are inherited. If you are in the near of your Kia will unlock the doors. Once in the car you can start the engine.

When leaving the car, jump in, the doors automatically lock. If you only have the same boot to open, can that also be from the watch to be controlled. Kia delivers the watch for the time being only in Korea, in the first 1500 customers who have a K3 purchase. It is not yet known whether they sleutelfunctiehorloge also in other countries will introduce.