- Hyundai Motor Group begins partnership with Google Maps Platform to carry 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 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 recent Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis autos will quickly get entry to contemporary 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 contemporary element about enterprise hours, contact data, scores, 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 Automobile Platform (AVP) Division stated, “Hyundai Motor Group is creating applied sciences within the discipline of SDV and mobility to offer customer-centered values. Our partnership with Google, who helps folks discover numerous helpful data all over the world, will function a chance for Hyundai Motor Group, broadening our protection of expertise within the mobility market and offering better values to prospects.”
Talking on the collaboration, Jorgen Behrens, Vice President and Common Supervisor of Google Maps Automotive stated: “Each day, we make over 100 million updates in Google Maps to assist folks discover contemporary and complete details about the place to go and the way to get there. By integrating our in depth database of locations into Hyundai Motor Group autos by the Locations API, we’re empowering drivers with the data they should navigate confidently – and we sit up for working with Hyundai Motor Group to carry 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 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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