The Toyota motor company have introduced a device which could change the way in which we start or unlock our vehicles forever.
Put down your car keys forever, Toyota have invented a device which turns any smartphone into a set of car keys
The new Smart Key Box is the latest innovation from Toyota that utilises Bluetooth to turn your smartphone into a device that can open and start your car. The device itself works easily enough: a Smart Key Box is installed onto the dashboard of your car, this device then authenticates a Bluetooth code sent from a nearby smartphone before unlocking the vehicle’s doors or starting the engine.
Toyota have introduced the device with the growing trend of vehicle-sharing in mind, and with the Smart Key Box vehicle owners will be able to give access to their vehicle to whoever they want without having to exchange sets of keys. Toyota are rolling out the Smart Key Box in San Fransisco in a partnership with a peer-to-peer car sharing service called Getaround.
