Volvo Cars Korea has unveiled the XC60, the first car to run SK Telecom’s infotainment system, including a voice assistant and vocal commands. The system runs on Android Automotive OS but relies on SK Telecom’s voice assistant to carry out tasks.
SKT Talk
The infotainment and assistant project took two years and about $25.6 million to put together. The system for the XC60 will be installed in a range of other upcoming Volvo vehicles in South Korea. The AI can understand and carry out commands related to environmental and entertainment controls in the car, including requests to run the T-map navigation system from SK Telecom. The car can also connect to smart home networks to run those devices remotely. The connected app, meanwhile, can remotely unlock or lock the car and be used to send accident reports.
“Volvo and SKT both saw cars as the ‘next smart device’. This mutual understanding, I think, was the biggest motivation in launching the system since we agreed on a joint business deal in 2015,” said SK Telecom’s Park Seo-ha said during the presentation of the car, as translated by the Korea Herald.
Car Commands
The battle over car AI assistants has grown more heated over the last few years as the tech becomes a standard expected by new car owners. SK Telecom getting involved adds a new player, even if the company doesn’t integrate into cars outside of South Korea. Google recently made moves for an upgrade when it started ending support for Android Auto on smartphones in...
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