Keydroid: Upgrade your car's remote key to a touchscreen key!

Looks very interesting and I am thinking if I should get this done for my new MG Hector.

BHPian Athek recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

While browsing through instagram i came across this product as a targetted ad ofcourse, and thought of sharing it with the car lovers here.

They basically claim to program and upgrade any key that has a start stop button with a touchscreen key. I have not been able to gather much information about the fact if they help to program anything more then that, except that you can replicate the fuctions your current key does.

This had me intrigued and I checked for some videos, was able to find a short video on youtube for MG, looks like it only locks and unlocks the car. Looks very premium though.

Looks very interesting and I am thinking if I should get this done for my new MG Hector. I see many videos of something similar on youtube by different manufacturers as well.

Here is the link to the website with several options.

Saw one with MG logo, it is pretty expensive though at almost Seventeen thousand rupees and cheapest being 12 thousand rupees.

Please do share your views if someone has got it done already for there car and how was the experience.

PS: I am not affiliated to the site in any manner. Mods please merge the thread if a similar thread exists.

Here's what GTO had to say on the matter:

I'd be concerned about how fragile an after-market touchscreen key can be (if you drop it), as well as its long-term durability (with daily use).

God help you if it stops functioning when you are out on a road-trip. IMHO, some things are best left to OEM fitment only. The smartkey is perhaps one of them.

That being said, kudos to the after-market and its vendors for coming out with such cool stuff. I can see how many car owners would be tempted.

Here's what BHPian gotham had to say on the matter:

It's a cool party trick to show off , I wouldn't dare use either of the original keys to convert , rather have a 3rd key made & have that converted & use that occasionally. These mods gives me confidence soon such keys will be become standard norms from most car makers and could be offered only in the Top Trip. Over the last 5 years we have seen enough luxury features from BMW / Merc / Audi make its way to Maruti so this wouldn't be too far fetched to expect

Here's what BHPian amitgupta had to say on the matter:

Frankly I fail to see the point of touchscreen here on the key if all it does is lock/unlock & open/close the boot of the car. All that can be done with the regular key fob as well. ₹15k for a touchscreen key which does only what an existing key fob would do. If the touchscreen key added more functionality to the car, like the forward/reverse that BMW has or some other features, then it would make more sense as a good utility.

I'm someone who believes functionality of a tool is what makes it good rather than non-functional flashy paint on it. At this point the touchscreen key just seems like a gimmick to me.

Here's what BHPian revsperminute had to say on the matter:

Ask anyone with the BMW display key and they’ll tell you how they have stored it nicely in their home safe. And that’s German OEM quality. The product being discussed here is an aftermarket Chinese imitation of the same.

Save your money Sir, some things are better left the way they are.

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