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Earlier this month, we broke a story about Toyota locking its key fob remote start function behind a monthly subscription.If owners of certain models aren’t actively enrolled in a larger Toyota ...

Update 12/11/2021 @ 2:20 pm ET: The story has been updated to clarify that the key fob’s proximity-based radio frequency remote start function will not work without a paid subscription to Toyota ...

Toyota's Connected Services package includes Remote Connect, which supports smartphone-based remote starts. However, Toyota will now charge $8 per month to remotely start newer cars with a key fob ...

Remote Connect comes with a one-year trial, but based on the automaker’s written materials, the Audio Plus key fob will operate remote start for three years on select 2018 to 2020 model-year ...

Automakers keep trying to get a piece of that sweet, sweet subscription income. Now, it’s Toyota’s turn. In terms of technology, this remote-start feature is no different from using the fob to ...

One is over WiFi/LTE using its Remote Connect apps that cost $8 per month or $80 per year. The other is by using the key fob, which requires that you be relatively close to the vehicle.

And as The Drive points out, it looks like some users have been aware of this for years.In a thread dated back to 2019 on the Toyota Nation forum, users discuss the key fob’s remote start ...

After that, drivers will then be paying $8 a month or $80 a year to get the full Remote Connect service which will include the remote start feature for the owner's key fob. On the Remote Connect ...

However, Toyota will now charge $8 per month or $80 per year to remotely start cars with a key fob—the first car maker to do so, The Drive suggests—even though fobs use radio waves to ...