Fans of cult 80s TV show Knight Rider will remember its star, David Hasselhoff, talking to his car KITT, and now three decades on that little piece of fiction could become a reality for Volvo drivers thanks to a joint venture with Microsoft.
This Spring will see the introduction of a wearable enabled voice-control system, allowing Microsoft Band 2 users to talk to their car to instruct it to perform functions such as setting the SatNav, programming the heater, locking the doors, flashing the lights, or sounding the horn via the Volvo on Call mobile app.
Volvo and Microsoft announced they were working together in November, collaborating on the first automotive application of HoloLens technology - the world’s first fully untethered holographic computer – and now the remote voice control for Volvo cars via the Microsoft Band 2 is another result of the partnership between the two organisations. The Microsoft Band 2 voice control connectivity will be rolled out in Volvo on Call-enabled markets, of which the UK is one, in Spring 2016.
Klas Bendrik, Senior Vice President and Group Chief Information Officer at Volvo Car Group, said: “When innovating, we are not interested in technology for the sake of technology. If a technology does not make a customer’s life easier, better, safer or more fun, we don’t use it. Let’s face it – who hasn’t dreamed of talking to their car via a wrist-worn wearable?”
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