OK, Google. Take me to the Centenario Stadium. “With this type of command, a driver will be able to talk to her car, which will be assigned a route on a screen and prompted by a voice assistant, in which streets bend.
this is possible thanks to the arrival from Uruguay this week to Android Auto, the software giant platform “makes smart” vehicles.
Up to now it was only available in the United States and parts of Europe, and now extends to most of South America and most countries in Europe, Russia and India.
to work, users must have a phone with Android Lollipop (5.0) version and a car that is ready for this new technology.
Google provided a list of cars that are available this new system. for now, we have an agreement with more than 40 manufacturers in the world.
Fonts the US company assured El Pais that “car manufacturers do not always include the same features in all markets.” For this reason, even Android Auto is not all these vehicles listed on their official website in Uruguay.
From the company know which models are those that is the system in Uruguay, but was assured that a good reference could be Argentina, where there are only two Volkswagen models that integrate it. Suran and Fox
Your presence these models do not exclude that also use the Apple carplay-a similar system, but developed by the company founded by Steve Jobs. There are companies that signed exclusive contracts and others that use both systems.
operation.
User you must download the Android app Auto on his cellphone. Then, you must connect with a USB cable, the phone with the display of the car.
Immediately, the phone is locked and the car is already early to use this technology .
The service offers all kinds of features. Which it is more eco Google is the map. The user can type in which the screen of the car as if it were a Smartphone- can also use it through voice commands. How? With a volume button voice that comes in most of these late model cars.
Thus, you can talk and ask the McDonalds closest to your location or play songs or radio stations that have on your smartphone thanks to applications like Tune in or Spotify.
in turn, Android Auto can receive messages from WhatsApp which can be answered by a voice dictation makes the driver while driving.
Henry Newton-Dunn, one of the managers of this service, ensures that the system is “superconversacional”. The driver can make several orders will be scheduled as if he were talking to a secretary, which automatically record the order requested. “Remind me pull the rope clothes when you arrive home,” you can ask the driver. Then, on the phone, which will recognize that arrived at home thanks to geolocalizadores- sensors will make this reminder.
An important detail is that the whole system works thanks to the cellphone. In this sense, it is recommended that those wishing Android Auto have a high-end smartphone, able to ensure operation and prevent dam.
Little interest.
users do not call their attention these new technologies. A study in the United States, which analyzes the interest of drivers for the new functions of the onboard computer incorporating the most advanced vehicles, found that 20% of 4,200 surveyed pilots did not use 16 of the 33 technological features consulted the survey, called JD . Power 2015 Vehicle Driver Interactive Experience
For example, 38% ignored the map service; many declared themselves against Android Auto. (Source: THE NATION / GDA)
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