E/W214: It's 2025. Do we not have digital vehicle key for Android yet?
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It's 2025. Do we not have digital vehicle key for Android yet?
I'm using Samsung S24 Ultra which claims to support MB digital key in Samsung Wallet. When I tried to configure it: digital vehicle key activated in MB app NFC and UWB on, logged in to my profile in MBUX, chose to create owner key, put my phone unlocked, Samsung Wallet as the default contactless payment, and facing up in the phone cradle, had both physical keys with me. Hitting the start button brought failure instantly. Did I miss anything? Anyone succeeded in this?
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I'm using Samsung S24 Ultra which claims to support MB digital key in Samsung Wallet. When I tried to configure it: digital vehicle key activated in MB app NFC and UWB on, logged in to my profile in MBUX, chose to create owner key, put my phone unlocked, Samsung Wallet as the default contactless payment, and facing up in the phone cradle, had both physical keys with me. Hitting the start button brought failure instantly. Did I miss anything? Anyone succeeded in this?
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...hicle-key.html
Edit: Someone have it working in the USA: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ml#post9285317
Last edited by W205C43PFL; May 5, 2026 at 05:45 PM.
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Read post 16 onwards or the entire thread if you wish, read linked threads as well: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ml#post9284777
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...hicle-key.html
That said, the consensus is no one seems to have it working in the USA yet for android.
Edit: Someone have it working in the USA: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ml#post9285317
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...hicle-key.html
Edit: Someone have it working in the USA: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ml#post9285317
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If like me, you do not see the Setup Digital Key option in the Mercedes app then you likely won't be able to set it up. I plan on contacting support for the Mercedes app, but it hasn't been a priority for me.
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It seems from your instruction and someone else's experience, enabling the key relies on the option of Digital Vehicle Key in the MB app. I don't see this option in my phone (v3.65.1). Probably because my subscription is inactive so no remote control menu there.
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Right, I don't see it. I'll see if a dealer can do anything for it.
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You must have an active subscription to digital extras to have the Digital key regardless of phone. I have an active subscription and still don't see it in the app, but I have all the other extras.
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Found some info regarding W214s: some cars built early (2023- sometime 2024) were equipped with old communication chips that are incompatible with Android phones. IPhones' NFC/UWB are backward compatible so they can be connected. The MB app hides the Digital Vehicle Key icon on incompatible phones.
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From those threads it mentioned two option codes, you need both, just having one is not enough. Basically to sum up, MB had the vehicles prepared for digital key and realized they need additional hardware hence the second option code to enable it.
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Found some info regarding W214s: some cars built early (2023- sometime 2024) were equipped with old communication chips that are incompatible with Android phones. IPhones' NFC/UWB are backward compatible so they can be connected. The MB app hides the Digital Vehicle Key icon on incompatible phones.
