- Hyundai Motor Group begins partnership with Google Maps Platform to deliver an enhanced navigation expertise to its autos, along with beforehand introduced adoption oftheAndroid Automotive Working System
- The partnership brings Google Maps Platform’s intensive details about 250 million locations world wide to Hyundai Motor Group autos, starting with Kia passenger autos in North America.
- The continued 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 contemporary details about 250 million locations world wide 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 contemporary element about enterprise hours, contact info, rankings, critiques 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 stated, “Hyundai Motor Group is creating applied sciences within the subject of SDV and mobility to offer customer-centered values. Our partnership with Google, who helps folks discover lots of helpful info world wide, will function a possibility for Hyundai Motor Group, broadening our protection of expertise within the mobility market and offering higher values to prospects.”
Talking on the collaboration, Jorgen Behrens, Vice President and Normal Supervisor of Google Maps Automotive stated: “On daily basis, we make over 100 million updates in Google Maps to assist folks discover contemporary and complete details about the place to go and the right way to get there. By integrating our intensive database of locations into Hyundai Motor Group autos by means of the Locations API, we’re empowering drivers with the information they should navigate confidently – and we sit up for working with Hyundai Motor Group to deliver 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 modern edge within the software-defined car (SDV) expertise area 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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