Can a key fob be programmed for a replacement EUV?

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Drey

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My friend has her original EUV key fob and is curious if she can program it to work with a replacement EUV. She has heard that the fob may only be programmable once, which might mean she needs a new one. She wants to know if there’s a way to avoid wasting the old fob and have a spare on hand.
 
It is too bad that GM apparently dropped Keypass where you could use a mobile phone with the MyChevrolet app installed. My experience in my 2017 Bolt was that Keypass was buggy and didn’t really add any functionality I could use.

The side effect of having Keypass active in the car is that it would cause iPhones to lose Bluetooth connectivity to the infotainment system after a few minutes. It appeared tat Keypass would make and drop a Bluetooth connection about every ten seconds and that would eventually overwhelm the iPhone. It was pretty frustrating to have to use a USB connection until Infigured out what was going on. I turned off Keypass on the vehicle and then Bluetooth audio worked normally.

If Tesla can use a mobile phone for vehicle control, GM ought to be able to figure it out. GM has pretty good engineering talent available. One difference, I believe, is that Tesla puts much more computing power in the main control unit than other manufacturers typically use. Having a stronger computer than what is just sufficient allows extending functions while the customer owns the vehicle - good strategy, especially if those are monetized functions. (not that I personally like monetized functions)
 
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