Our recent coverage of CES and the New York Auto Show showed how auto brands are slowly morphing into software companies.

The latest proof of that trend is Volkswagen's announcement of its own Apple Watch app.

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Volkswagen's Apple Watch app will be an addition to the company's Car-Net system, which already works through an iOS app on the iPhone.

Through that app, users can remotely track their car via GPS, set speed and distance limits (when children borrow the car) and can be automatically assisted by VW when the system senses that the car's airbags have been deployed.

The iPhone app also offers detailed diagnostics and maintenance information, eliminating the mystery behind your car's latest glitch, and making a trip to the mechanic a bit more efficient.

Car-Net is currently available on select 2014 and later Volkswagen models, including the Golf, Passat, Jetta and the Beetle.

It's still not clear whether or not all the iPhone app functions will make it to the Apple Watch app. However, in screenshots released Tuesday, the company did show off Apple Watch app screens displaying temperature information, location mapping and car battery charge indicators. Additionally, the company confirmed that users will be able to use the Apple Watch app to remotely lock and unlock car doors and set speed and boundary alerts.

Although Volkswagen's announcement promises that the Apple Watch app will "be available," the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when it will be ready for download.