By: iPadfanzz staff on June 16, 2013
BMW has announced that it will be offering Siri Eyes Free functionality to all 2014 models via an update to its ConnectedDrive Internet service.
The integration, part of BMW's reworked ConnectedDrive integrated driver and multimedia interface, will also see voice support for a number of apps including Pandora and Glympse, as well as receive Google mapping data. The service will be delivered over-the-air.
The system will also support S-Voice, the Samsung Galaxy S equivalent of Siri.
Not only Siri but Samsung’s S Voice Drive interface can also be accessed through the voice command interface in the vehicle.
To activate Siri the driver need to hold down the voice control button and the system will activate. After activation, the driver can ask questions or give voice commands. If in case the driver wants to activate the i-Drive interface instead, he has to tap the voice command button.
Eyes Free integration saw slow adoption, but more manufacturers seem to be picking up the pace with which they are integrating the technology. Siri Eyes-Free was first revealed at the 2012 Apple World Wide Developers Conference as a way of keeping drivers safe while they access smartphone apps, and eight car makers -- BMW, GM, Jaguar and Land Rover, Toyota, Audi, Chrysler, Honda and Mercedes-Benz -- were announced as initial supporters of the feature. Earlier this year, Hyundai also pledged support for its integration.
Mercedes-Benz was the first company to integrate the feature in its cars with the 2013 A-Class supermini, launched in Europe in September.
As of now it is hard to tell how people will choose a vehicle based on a smartphone integration. Would you consider Eyes Free for your car when your favorite manufacturer hops aboard? Do send us your comments?
BMW has announced that it will be offering Siri Eyes Free functionality to all 2014 models via an update to its ConnectedDrive Internet service.
The integration, part of BMW's reworked ConnectedDrive integrated driver and multimedia interface, will also see voice support for a number of apps including Pandora and Glympse, as well as receive Google mapping data. The service will be delivered over-the-air.
The system will also support S-Voice, the Samsung Galaxy S equivalent of Siri.
Not only Siri but Samsung’s S Voice Drive interface can also be accessed through the voice command interface in the vehicle.
To activate Siri the driver need to hold down the voice control button and the system will activate. After activation, the driver can ask questions or give voice commands. If in case the driver wants to activate the i-Drive interface instead, he has to tap the voice command button.
Eyes Free integration saw slow adoption, but more manufacturers seem to be picking up the pace with which they are integrating the technology. Siri Eyes-Free was first revealed at the 2012 Apple World Wide Developers Conference as a way of keeping drivers safe while they access smartphone apps, and eight car makers -- BMW, GM, Jaguar and Land Rover, Toyota, Audi, Chrysler, Honda and Mercedes-Benz -- were announced as initial supporters of the feature. Earlier this year, Hyundai also pledged support for its integration.
Mercedes-Benz was the first company to integrate the feature in its cars with the 2013 A-Class supermini, launched in Europe in September.
As of now it is hard to tell how people will choose a vehicle based on a smartphone integration. Would you consider Eyes Free for your car when your favorite manufacturer hops aboard? Do send us your comments?
