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Screenshot: Google Google is rolling out a slew of upgrades big and small to its infotainment at CES 2023, including upgrades to Android Auto and Google Services that are built into select models. Android Auto’s big facelift that conforms to different display sizes is finally becoming widely available, while native apps in the Volvo EX90 and the Polestar 3 will be the first to get the updates before they roll out to other makes and models. The new features coming to Android Auto — other… Source link

Google is announcing today an HD version of its vehicle mapping solution. Unlike Google Maps, Google’s HD map is not a consuming-facing application but an additional layer of data that’s served to the vehicle’s L2+ or L3 assisted-driving systems through Google Automotive Services. The additional information sits on top of Google Maps’ data and delivers details such as precise lane makers and localization of objects (road signs) to help assisted-driving vehicles orient themselves… Source link

Google unveiled at CES on Wednesday a range of new ways to keep its Android devices connected, and that includes cars. As more vehicles go electric and automakers evolve into software developers, we can only expect to see more plays directed at turning cars into connected devices. One exemplar of this phenomenon is Volvo Cars, which will launch a direct integration with the Google Home ecosystem in the coming months, both Volvo and Google announced on Wednesday…. Source link

Volvo Cars’ technology chief, Henrik Green, believes that the Android-based infotainment system that the automaker developed with Google is one of the best on the market. So, after the system launched in Volvo’s first full-electric car, the XC40 Recharge, and the Polestar 2, Green and his team wanted answers to two questions: How do we scale this to add it to more cars in the Geely Group? Can we efficiently scale it beyond the Geely Group? The answer to both questions was, yes, but Volvo… Source link