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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/19\/23131268\/ford-f-150-lightning-truck-phone-as-key-delay<\/a>
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Anyone lucky enough to get an F-150 Lightning in the next few months<\/a> will find that one of the features they may have opted for is missing: the ability to unlock and control the electric truck using a phone. According to screenshots of Special Service Message notices and in-app messages posted to the Lightning Owners\u2019 Forum<\/a>, Ford will be rolling out support for its Phone as a Key system in \u201clate summer 2022\u201d via a software update instead of shipping it with the truck at launch.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s Phone as a Key system<\/a> lets you use its FordPass app to unlock and start your vehicle, as well as control various things like the windows, lights, and front trunk. What makes the delay slightly puzzling is that this isn\u2019t new tech from Ford \u2014 the company introduced it on a few 2020 Lincoln models<\/a>, and it\u2019s also available in its other battery EV, the Mustang Mach-E. <\/p>\n

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Ford\u2019s F-150 Lightning site notes that the feature is limited to \u201cselect vehicles,\u201d but it doesn\u2019t seem to say anything about it not being available yet. However, a document posted to the Lightning Owners\u2019 Forum<\/a> and dated May 16th lists a requirement for dealers to tell customers about the missing feature before they take delivery of the truck (assuming they purchased one of the Lariat or Platinum trims that features it).<\/p>\n

Members of the forum have speculated that the delay could have something to do with a recently announced<\/a> Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerability that researchers say<\/a> leaves passive entry systems using the tech open to attack. The F-150 Lightning, along with other cars from the likes of Tesla<\/a>, uses Bluetooth LE<\/a> to tell when your phone is close by, but the vulnerability makes it possible to basically trick a system into thinking your phone is there.<\/p>\n

Despite the speculation, Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg told The Verge<\/em> in an email that the delay is \u201cunrelated\u201d to the vulnerability, saying that it\u2019s instead because \u201cadditional work is required to ensure reliability\u201d of the feature.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that this feature is Ford\u2019s own and isn\u2019t related to the digital car key features baked into Android<\/a> and iOS<\/a>. Of course, as we saw with the Mustang Mach-E and Apple\u2019s EV routing system<\/a>, Ford going with those systems wouldn\u2019t necessarily have meant fewer delays.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s a bummer that the F-150 Lightning is making it to customers\u2019 driveways without all its features, that\u2019s something that\u2019s becoming common in the age of chip shortages<\/a> and supply chain woes. Thankfully, it doesn\u2019t seem like you\u2019ll have to take your truck into the shop to get the feature added (though the dealership document does note that it may be possible to get the upcoming software update a bit earlier by doing so). My colleague Andrew Hawkins recently did a first drive of the F-150 Lightning<\/a>, and it sounds like its a great truck \u2014 hopefully, the experience of being one of the first to own one won\u2019t be dampened too much by having to use one of its included key fobs for a few months.<\/p>\n