- 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 intensive details about 250 million locations around the globe 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 recent details about 250 million locations around the globe 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 Tune, President and Head of Hyundai Motor Group’s Superior Automobile Platform (AVP) Division mentioned, “Hyundai Motor Group is growing applied sciences within the subject of SDV and mobility to offer customer-centered values. Our partnership with Google, who helps individuals discover plenty of helpful info around the globe, will function a possibility 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 Basic Supervisor of Google Maps Automotive mentioned: “Day-after-day, we make over 100 million updates in Google Maps to assist individuals discover recent and complete details about the place to go and 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 stay 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 revolutionary edge within the software-defined car (SDV) expertise house and lead the longer term 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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