Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Gone are when you couldn't start your car's engine without a physical key. Modern vehicles today come with key fobs that are more useful than just starting your car and locking and unlocking its doors ...

After graduating with an MBA, Jared pursued his love of cars by becoming an automotive journalist. An internship with CarBuzz grew into his current position as Editor At Large. Jared now flies around ...

As if our mobile phones weren’t already super-important to us, Volvo plans to make them even more vital to our lifestyle, and it won’t be long until it happens. If the Swedish brand is to be trusted, ...

Using a physical key to unlock a car door is starting to seem as archaic as operating a hand crank, and many new cars don’t even need a key for the ignition. But Volvo says it will be ready to offer a ...

Reads like you replaced the batteries too slowly and the fobs lost the codes. You normally have no more than 10 seconds to replace the batteries, so have to get the new ones out of the packages first.

It’s always been interesting to me to see which of my writeups particularly resonate with the readers (as measured by metrics such as online page views and the number of both posted public comments ...

And what you can actually do about it. Drop your phone, and your day’s ruined. Lose your car key, and your month might be. In 2025, replacing a modern key fob can cost more than buying a new iPhone.

Driving a Volvo XC90 SUV for a week taught me a few lessons about the leisure auto market. It also gave me new perspective on city driving and being a short mom. My own car is a little Honda Civic ...