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Remember when BMW wanted to charge drivers to use Apple CarPlay? How about the subscription required for the Mercedes EQS’s rear-wheel steering functionality in Europe? It turns out that luxury ...

Earlier this month, we broke a story about Toyota locking its key fob remote start function behind a monthly subscription. If owners of certain models aren’t actively enrolled in a larger Toyota ...

Modern cars have a lot of conveniences—interactive infotainment, maps, advanced safety systems, and even autonomous driving. All of these newer additions make a remote-start with a key fob seem like ...

TikTok is no longer the dancing and lip-syncing app that it used to be, way before its questionable ban in January 2025. It's now rife with disreputable content, particularly clips spreading ...

GM has introduced a practical update to its suite of myBrand apps (myBuick, myCadillac, myChevrolet, and myGMC), enhancing the Remote Start feature with a live countdown timer. The update was released ...

Lots of cars have remote start functionality that allows you to turn on the engine with a simple press of the key fob. However, Toyota has gone down a slightly different route than most of its ...