What Is Hyundai Digital Specifications?
If you are a Hyundai owner exploring its technology specifications and capabilities, our team at Hyundai of Saco is happy to help.
When it comes to things like Hyundai Digital Specifications, you get access to on-demand, software-based vehicle customizations, upgrades, and subscriptions available via your car's app. Hyundai drivers use Bluelink and their MyHyundai app to control, manage, and check the status of their vehicles.
Hyundai Digital Specifications give you on-the-go access to your car without physical keys, knobs, or buttons, and let you purchase or subscribe to physical and digital vehicle upgrades over the air (OTA). We'll explain this further below and in person here in Saco, so stay with us!
Key Takeaways
- Hyundai Digital Specifications describes a platform that lets drivers customize or purchase software-based vehicle upgrades.
- Drivers will need the MyHyundai app to access their car's digital features.
- The Digital Key system is a popular feature supported by most new Hyundai models.
How Hyundai Digital Specifications Works
If you are looking into using your Hyundai Digital Specifications, you will always start with the MyHyundai app. This is your vehicle's dedicated app (which consolidates previous Bluelink and MyHyundai apps), where you can check maintenance updates, remotely control, monitor, and manage your Hyundai vehicle from your smartphone or smartwatch, and use keyless entry (depending on your model).
You also want to remember that Hyundai Digital Specifications allow you to manage, access, and purchase these digital features and over-the-air upgrades for your vehicle.
Core App Functions: The MyHyundai with Bluelink app manages maintenance updates, remote climate control, engine start/stop, door locks, and vehicle locator features.
Available Digital Specifications on Bluelink Store
The Bluelink store is your best bet for managing your car, truck, or SUV from your smart device. As we shared above, Bluelink connectivity to your MyHyundai app is important, as is its ability to let you manage everything from over-the-air vehicle customization options to digital upgrades, available as one-time payments or subscriptions through your MyHyundai account. Other features include animated exterior lighting configurations, interactive interior display themes, and on-demand streaming entertainment packages.
Display Themes
The display themes you can access through the Hyundai Bluelink Store are a great digital perk the brand offers. You can select from things like:
Nature Theme (Free): Immersive visual layouts featuring calming green hues, wide-open fields, and clear blue skies.
- Pony Theme (Free): A nostalgic retro design that pays tribute to the digital aesthetics of the 1974 Hyundai Pony, the brand's first mass-produced car.
- PEANUTS™ Themes ($25 each): Premium, character-driven interfaces featuring Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Applying them adds custom animation motions and lets you set a Peanuts character as your driver profile icon.
- Pokémon Themes: Infotainment layouts like "Pikachu Quick Attack" and "Ditto World" that bring animated characters and themed navigation graphics into the digital cockpit.
- Special Editions: This includes the FIFA theming and other limited-run customizations.
Dynamic Lighting Patterns
Another thing to look out for is the dynamic lighting you can get in your Hyundai. This includes custom digital grid and pixel-based light animations that activate when locking, unlocking, or opening/closing vehicle doors. It's something fun for all ages, and can be impressive to your passengers who might not be familiar with all of Hyundai's fun tech.
Checking Vehicle Compatibility and Requirements
Just because Hyundai offers Hyundai Digital Specifications and keyless entry doesn't mean every model ever made has them. Most of the newest-gen vehicles from the brand will have digital components and features that you can use to customize your experience, but it's always best to check vehicle compatibility and requirements. You can do this by downloading the MyHyundai app, connecting to your car, and seeing which features are available in your dashboard. Our team at Hyundai of Saco is more than happy to review this with you in Saco, ME.
Note: Hyundai features like "Digital Key" and keyless entry are not retrospective; older models or base-trim vehicles do not have them.
How to Find and Activate Digital Features
To find and activate your car's digital features, you want to connect to your MyHyundai app and explore what features show up on your vehicle's infotainment.
Here are the steps to get started with your Digital Key:
- Download the MyHyundai app to your smart device
- Grab your phone and keys to your Hyundai vehicle
- Sit inside and turn your Hyundai on, waiting for the touchscreen to illuminate
- Open the MyHyundai app, select the Digital Key icon, and tap Register to launch your phone's wallet
- On your vehicle's multimedia display, navigate to Setup → Vehicle → Digital Key → Smartphone Key, and press Save
To activate your Bluelink services, follow these steps:
- Turn on your Hyundai and navigate to your infotainment system
- Select Bluelink in the multimedia menu or go directly to Settings → Bluelink Settings
- Tap Service Activation to complete the connection
Complimentary Features, Paid Options, and Availability
Below, we will walk you through the complimentary, paid, and availability of features that your Hyundai model will have (based on model and trim type).
- Digital Key App & Setup - complimentary
- Bluelink+ Connected Services - complimentary
- Wi-Fi Hotspot & Streaming Trial - complimentary
- Select Infotainment Themes - complimentary
- Character Display Themes - paid option
- Bluelink Post-Trial Packages - paid option
- Hyundai Pay - paid option
- Digital Key 2 / Digital Key 2 Premium - select availability
- Digital Key 2 Touch (NFC-only) - select availability
Managing or Removing Your Digital Content
If you want to manage or remove digital content from your Hyundai, this is possible with Hyundai Digital Specifications. The best and easiest way to handle managing and removing content is through your infotainment screen. You can select or unselect settings on your vehicle, opting to have or to not have them whenever you feel like it.
Explore Hyundai Technology at Hyundai of Saco
The team here at Hyundai of Saco is always ready to help you with your car, truck, or SUV. We are here in Saco, ME, and will be able to walk you through all of Hyundai's available and standard technology. Remember, not all cars have the same features, so it is always a good idea to ask for confirmation from an expert.
