- Hyundai Motor Group begins partnership with Google Maps Platform to convey an enhanced navigation expertise to its autos, along with beforehand introduced adoption oftheAndroid Automotive Working System
- The partnership brings Google Maps Platform’s in depth details about 250 million locations all over the world to Hyundai Motor Group autos, starting with Kia passenger autos in North America.
- The continuing partnership goals to strengthen the Group’s software program capabilities and speed up the event of software-defined autos (SDV)
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is increasing its partnership with Google to ship next-generation navigation and infotainment experiences. Drivers of latest Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis autos will quickly get entry to recent details about 250 million locations all over the world from Google Maps Platform – along with the comfort of the Android Automotive Working System – proper of their autos.
By integrating Google Maps Platform’s Locations API (Utility Programming Interface), the Group will improve navigation accuracy utilizing Google Maps’ huge details about locations, which incorporates recent element about enterprise hours, contact info, rankings, evaluations and extra. Kia drivers in North America would be the first to expertise these enhancements, with subsequent expansions to Hyundai, Kia and Genesis fashions globally.
Chang Music, President and Head of Hyundai Motor Group’s Superior Car Platform (AVP) Division mentioned, “Hyundai Motor Group is growing applied sciences within the subject of SDV and mobility to supply customer-centered values. Our partnership with Google, who helps folks discover loads of helpful info all over the world, will function a chance for Hyundai Motor Group, broadening our protection of expertise within the mobility market and offering larger values to clients.”
Talking on the collaboration, Jorgen Behrens, Vice President and Common Supervisor of Google Maps Automotive mentioned: “Each day, we make over 100 million updates in Google Maps to assist folks discover recent and complete details about the place to go and find out how to get there. By integrating our in depth database of locations into Hyundai Motor Group autos via the Locations API, we’re empowering drivers with the information they should navigate confidently – and we look ahead to working with Hyundai Motor Group to convey extra innovation to the fleet sooner or later.”
The Group has additionally adopted Google’s Android Automotive Working System (AAOS) to additional broaden its software program ecosystem. By doing so, it expects to safe an progressive edge within the software-defined automobile (SDV) expertise house and lead the long run mobility market.
As a part of ongoing efforts to ship future mobility capabilities and AI to its autos, the Group will proceed exploring extra methods to innovate and driving expertise in partnership with Google.
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