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Originally Posted by Ibiza
Laser light is an option for the UK build configurator, was probably omitted from the US press release. Wireless charging pad is required for using the BMW digital card, iPhone digital key, and OTA update via BMW app. Wait until the order guides are released.
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What makes you say the wireless charger is needed? From what I have read it is not needed for the digital keys to work (applies to both key card and iPhone).
I have based this on some posts I read on the G20 forums where owners have retrofitted wireless charging to their non-wireless charging vehicles. And prior to the retrofit they already had the keycard and iPhone digital key functionality.
It uses NFC which does not require the wireless charger to function.
https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...&postcount=101
If you look at above post, it implies that the digital key function was there and functional before the retrofit of wireless charging.
Furthermore the digital key is listed as a feature in the Comfort Access option on the BMW UK configurator so should not require wireless charging I would've thought