Mercedes-Benz now has an Apple Watch version of its mobile app

Mercedes-Benz announced contiguous it’s bringing popular features from its mobile app to the Apple Watch truthful owners tin interact with their vehicles from their wrists without having to scope for their smartphone. The institution joins a increasing fig of automakers adding watchOS capabilities, including Honda, Ford, and Volvo.

The caller app, disposable present done the Apple Watch App Store, is compatible with Apple Watches moving watchOS 9 oregon later, but requires Mercedes-Benz’s mobile app to beryllium installed connected the iPhone the wearable is connected to.

MercedesBenz owners tin usage the ticker app to show their vehicle’s complaint oregon substance levels and its estimated range, fastener and unlock it remotely, cheque that the windows are closed, and find it erstwhile parked, implicit with pedestrian-friendly navigation directions starring close to it. For areas wherever mapping is unavailable, users volition beryllium presented with a virtual compass directing them to the vehicle’s location.

The features disposable done the Apple Watch app volition beryllium connected the “vehicle’s exemplary and equipment,” and arsenic with the smartphone app, it’s lone compatible with 2019 and newer Mercedes-Benz models.