On March 30, 2024, YFORE showcased its NearLink Digital Key at the 2024 International NearLink Alliance Industry Summit. This marks the world’s first NearLink digital key product, officially commencing the commercialization of NearLink standards in the field of automotive intelligent entry.
NearLink Empowers Enhanced Experiences
In previous digital key products, the primary method for judging distance relied on variations in Bluetooth RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) values. However, RSSI values themselves are prone to fluctuation and deviation. This often leads to abnormal situations for users of digital keys, such as positioning offset, positioning delay, and frequent lock/unlock cycles, causing significant frustration and failing to meet the growing intelligent entry demands of automotive users.
Thanks to the advent of NearLink technology, which uses phase difference for ranging, it achieves decimeter-level positioning and possesses strong anti-interference capabilities. This allows NearLink technology to shine brilliantly in the digital car key domain, offering users the experience of UWB at the cost of a Bluetooth solution.
Higher Precision Positioning, Safer Experience
As the first Tier 1 supplier to be nominated for the NearLink digital key, YFORE Technology successfully developed the first digital key product featuring NearLink standards within 12 weeks. This product already supports functions such as active welcome, contactless lock/unlock, key sharing, remote parking, keyless ignition, multi-user connection, and OTA upgrades.
Carrying the excellent genes of NearLink – “low latency, high concurrency, high reliability, and anti-interference” – YFORE’s NearLink Digital Key offers a leap forward compared to Bluetooth digital keys in terms of connection latency, positioning accuracy, and safety experience:
l SLE Decimeter-level Positioning Accuracy
l Microsecond-level Ultra-Low Latency
l Microampere-level Ultra-Low Power Consumption Solution
l Data Transmission Speed 6 Times Faster Than Bluetooth
l Strong Anti-Interference Capabilities
As China’s first supplier to mass-produce digital keys, YFORE Technology actively promotes the commercialization of NearLink standards and has secured the first NearLink digital key project nomination. YFORE’s independently developed, architecturally leading automotive digital key solutions have been adopted by over 20 leading clients, covering more than 70 vehicle models, and have received high praise from customers. Since joining ICCE in 2021, YFORE Technology has actively participated in the writing and promotion of ICCE specifications and has received the ICCE Industry Innovation Practice Award.
To date, YFORE has engaged in a series of in-depth technical solution collaborations with over 30 mainstream automotive manufacturers in areas such as intelligent cockpits, intelligent entry, and intelligent driving. Moving forward, YFORE will continue to focus on the main automotive electronics sector, driving the digital and intelligent transformation of automobiles through technology, achieving enjoyable smart mobility, and becoming the most