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When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
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That doesn't need the internet though right? Like a button on your key fob would achieve the same effect?
I have two cars made after 2020. Both have a phone app where you can set the internal climate settings in the car. You wouldn't practically be able to do that from a keyfob.
Both also allow remote starting from the phone, with a setting for how long to let the car run before it turns off again. From a keyfob it's normally set to 5 minutes with no option to change it.
Both are quality of life features that aren't really required, but I do use them pretty regularly. If the internet stopped working on either car, they'd act just like any older car that didn't have those features.
nah, pretty simple. set the preferred settings in the menu in the vehicle, then have a fob button to activate it. flash the lights to signal acknowledgement, just like locking and unlocking.
although maybe don't actually flash the lights, since everything is stupidly over bright LED now and it's rude af to be using those unnecessarily
Wow a whole app just for your car? That's pretty fancy. I don't see the appeal personally, but going by the vote ratio I must be in the minority. I like my stuff to be simple
My car has a timer to set the cabin at a given temperature by a given time, do you know if your car has a function like that?
That's not the same, though. I don't necessarily know what time I'm going to be done eating dinner when I'm dining out. I can start the car from my phone while I'm waiting for the check, though, even if it's a block away.
I didn't think of that but... I dont go out to eat much anymore.
It's done with your phone without line of sight or proximity of your car. The cars with built in security cameras, you can also remote view as well. I don't know of any fob with a TV screen on it.