Nokia to get involved with car makers and provide HERE Connected Driving

HERE Connected Driving

Nokia has today unveiled (afterward teasing the announcement yesterday) a new suite of HERE apps for motorcar manufacturers to take advantage of. Offer a end-to-end driving solution, Nokia will exist aiding car makers to bring the driver to the cloud, integrate with other services and provide a rich feel that doesn't get in the way of driving the vehicle. Your next car may just exist powering some Nokia Hither services.

These new services include Here Auto, HERE Auto Cloud and Here Auto Companion. The company has also been working hard to improve Here Traffic with a brand new system to process data more than efficiently than previously possible. Nokia will be showing off HERE Connected Driving at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, starting on September tenth.

It'southward a large move past Nokia, but one that makes perfect sense. Working difficult on perfecting its navigation and mapping service, Nokia has managed to create a suite of tools that would piece of work well with drivers of today who are digitally continued. Nosotros're not simply talking about basic navigation either every bit drivers volition exist able to utilize the services to synchronise routes and other personal details, information nigh their car and devices, finding the perfect parking spot or closest petrol station.

HERE Auto
Nokia'southward venturing into the car to aid drivers.

So what volition these new apps practise?

Here Auto is billed as the showtime embedded in-auto navigation experience that delivers the correct map at that moment, without a data connexion. Drivers tin can enjoy voice guided, turn-past-plow navigation in 95 countries in 2D and 3D views. Nokia will be opening up evolution to car makers with an SDK to enable the extension of functionality (entertainment, social networking and more than).

HERE Auto Cloud provides drivers with always-on admission to several services to aid with the journey, such as real-time traffic updates, helping drivers avoid congestion, route closures or blockages. Since this is HERE we're talking about, drivers volition too be able to check out recommendations on places to consume, where to park, or fifty-fifty where to charge an electric vehicle.

HERE Auto Companion will exist the mobile and spider web deployment, keeping drivers connected even outside the vehicle. Much like companion apps being released by auto makers themselves, HERE Companion will enable drivers to synchronise their favourite places and routes across multiple hardware so they won't have to deal with setting upwardly prior to travelling.

Since yous'll not be in your vehicle, yous'll be able to take reward of walking navigation, public transport routes and indoor venue maps we've come to know and love from Nokia. LiveSight augmented reality will also be used to locate where a car currently is, likewise as list car status (fuel, tire force per unit area, etc). It sounds rather rad.

Lastly, we have HERE Traffic. Improved past using their engine, "Halo" Nokia has been able to process data more efficiently to provide accurate conditions readings, reports on traffic congestion and other factors that could touch the journey. Drivers will be able to use improved time estimations to plan alee for reaching their destination.

Here Companion volition bring Here auto to Windows Telephone.

Thilo Koslowski, VP of Automotive at Gartner, had the following to comment on Nokia's declaration:

"By 2022, the majority of consumers in mature markets will consider in-vehicle web-based data admission a fundamental benchmark in their automotive purchase. Successful connected vehicle solutions volition add value to the connected driver'southward digital lifestyle and enable integrated cross-device experiences relevant for people everyday."

Nokia is definitely investing in the future with engineering to assistance improve the driving experience. The company signed deals with multiple brands last year to provide location services. With vehicles playing an of import role in today's ship infrastructure, information technology would be about incorrect for Nokia not to use its services to work with auto makers and provide rich solutions while on the move. We're sure to learn more at the International Motor Show.

If you're non able to take advantage of this new technology, fear not as there'due south e'er the suite of navigation apps on Windows Phone, including HERE Maps and Here Drive that provide a rich experience in turn-by-turn navigation. Just it's always absurd to accept such services already congenital-in, right?

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