- Europe-wide rollout of the all-in-one Kia App begins in Could
- Kia Join, Kia Cost, MyKia, Kia Guarantee Ebook and Kia Proprietor’s Guide apps merge right into a single, user-friendly ecosystem
- New options improve connectivity, charging and automobile administration
Kia Company (Kia) introduced immediately the European launch of its new all-in-one Kia App, designed to simplify and improve the Kia possession expertise throughout the continent. Europe will turn into the primary regional pilot outdoors Korea, showcasing the corporate’s dedication to creating additional digital options for its prospects.
“The brand new Kia App is greater than only a digital device; it’s a gateway to a seamless and clever mobility expertise,” mentioned Marc Hedrich, President and CEO of Kia Europe. “By merging a number of providers into one highly effective app, we’re making on a regular basis interactions with Kia automobiles smarter, extra environment friendly and absolutely related to our prospects’ existence.”
The Kia App was just lately acknowledged with the 2025 iF Design Award for Cellular Utility UI Design, highlighting its seamless integration and user-friendly interface. By consolidating a number of merchandise and platforms, the app provides prospects easy accessibility to Kia’s providers whereas delivering constant and intuitive consumer expertise.
A unified platform for Kia house owners
The Kia App integrates 5 of the model’s current apps right into a single, streamlined expertise: Kia Join, Kia Cost, MyKia, Kia Guarantee Ebook and Kia Proprietor’s Guide.
With one sign-in, customers acquire entry to a complete suite of options that enhances connectivity, charging and automobile upkeep. The new consumer interface (UI) delivers a refreshed, intuitive design tailor-made to house owners’ on a regular basis wants, whereas the backend infrastructure stays secure and secure. Most significantly, all buyer information is securely hosted in Europe.
The Kia App provides a variety of key options:
- Distant Automobile Management: Begin the automobile, modify air con or heating, lock and unlock doorways, function home windows, lights, and horn, and verify charging standing remotely.
- Navigation and Insights: Entry EV Route Planning, Factors of Curiosity (POI) search, and detailed Driving Insights, together with your security rating.
- Charging Administration: Find and filter charging stations, handle Kia Cost contracts and tariffs, and examine charging historical past.
- Upkeep and Service: Ebook providers on-line, seek for sellers, and entry digital service historical past, the guarantee booklet, and the proprietor’s handbook — all throughout the app.
Made for the long run
Designed with real-world possession in thoughts, the Kia App provides a seamless transition for current customers. By logging in with their present Kia account credentials, customers will robotically have their information, private data, and settings transferred from their legacy apps to the new Kia App. The platform additionally helps shared entry, enabling co-drivers to use the app’s options below a single account.
Trying forward, Kia plans to increase the app’s capabilities to raised serve enterprise prospects and fleet managers with instruments tailor-made to Kia’s upcoming Platform Past Automobile (PBV): the PV5. Extra providers, equivalent to versatile mobility options through Kia Drive, are additionally in improvement.
Because the Kia Join, Kia Cost, MyKia, Kia Guarantee Ebook and Kia Proprietor’s Guide apps are phased out within the coming months, Kia encourages prospects to obtain the new Kia App from the App Retailer or Google Play.
