Room Key in Apple Wallet

Hotels face a lot of challenges, including long check-in lines and staffing inconsistency. Your guests want an enjoyable, seamless stay at your property. You want to provide a better guest and staff experience. We have the answer.  

Through room key in Apple Wallet, dormakaba makes it easier to accommodate guests while they enjoy seamless access to all your hotel has to offer, giving staff more time to focus on the guest experience. 

With Apple Wallet, we are introducing innovative technology for hotels that give your guests integrated access right from their iPhone and Apple Watch. From your hotel’s app, guests can add their room key to Apple Wallet for easy access to their room and your other amenities.  Once they complete the check-in process in the app, their room key will be activated and ready to go. All guests need to do is hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near the reader to unlock doors. It’s easy, convenient, and private. 

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  • Reimagining hotel room access with dormakaba and Apple Wallet
  • Your guest’s iPhone and Apple Watch are now their room keys
  • Simplify the guest check-in experience
  • Access to room and hotel amenities

Product Details

Room keys. 
Now with less key.

With room key in Apple Wallet, guests can skip the lobby and go straight to their room. 
Give your guests access reimagined. 

Unlock doors in a second. 
‍With Express Mode, guests don’t even need to wake or unlock their iPhone or Apple Watch to access their room and amenities. 

Get in, even without a charge. 
If a guest’s iPhone needs a charge, their room key in Apple Wallet will still work for up to five hours with Power Reserve. 

Protect their keys. 
‍Room key in Apple Wallet takes full advantage of the privacy and security built into iPhone and Apple Watch. Guests can use the Find My app to lock and help locate their device if misplaced. 

Share keys easily. 
Guests can securely share room keys, customize controls for recipients, update permissions or revoke key access. 


Make the switch 

dormakaba is a leader in access control solutions for hotels, offering innovative door locks and advanced mobile technology to your operations. 

Room key in Apple Wallet seamlessly integrates into dormakaba’s access control systems and is easily managed by your internal staff. Elevate your guest experience and help your staff do the same. 

  • Provide a seamless experience for guests 
  • Free up time for staff to focus on important hotel tasks 
  • Give your property an extra layer of security and convenience
  • Reduce the use of plastic keys 
  • Entice new guests into loyalty programs

dormakaba Compatible Locks 
The following dormakaba locks and readers are available with NFC Apple Wallet capability via a firmware update. 

RT Plus, *MT RFID, Saffire LX, *Quantum RFID, *QuantumIV, Quantum Pixel+ and RAC5 Access Control Readers 

*Version 2 locks only 

NFC Technology 
Guests can access places quickly and safely, all without opening any additional apps.

Express Mode 
Guests don’t even need to wake or unlock their iPhone or Apple Watch to access their rooms and amenities. 

Power Reserve 
If a guest’s iPhone needs a charge, their room key in Apple Wallet will still work for up to five hours. 

Privacy and Security 
Protect your keys with the security of iPhone and Apple Watch. Guests can use the Find My app to lock and help locate their device if misplaced. 

Share your Keys 
Guests can securely share room keys, customize controls for recipients, update permissions or revoke key access. 

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