Munich. BMW Connected ensures customers’ cars can be
fully connected with an ever-increasingly number of digital
touchpoints. And now with the Google Assistant, customers can enable
easy and convenient operation of vehicle functions – from their
customer’s home with voice-activated speakers like Google Home or
while on the move via eligible Android phones and iPhones. Integration
with the Google Assistant adds further breadth to BMW Connected’s
digital network, which now features additional voice-controlled and
interaction assistants to sit alongside the Apple Watch, Android
smartwatches and Amazon Alexa. All of which takes the integration of
BMW Connected into the customer’s digital lifestyle to another new level.
The power of words: quick inquiries, fast
control.
BMW Connected presents customers with an array
of possibilities when it comes to managing appointments and contacts,
route planning and vehicle functions based on their personal mobility
agenda. To this end, the vehicle is linked (via the Open Mobility
Cloud) to the digital devices selected by the user. Customers can now
also enjoy the services of their BMW seamlessly integrated into their
daily lives via BMW Connected at all times and extremely conveniently
from their home. And here the Google Assistant provides another new
option. Using voice commands, the customer can check whether the
windows and doors of their BMW are closed and how much charge a BMW i3
has remaining, plus ask for information about imminent appointments
and required departure times depending on the traffic situation. These
inquiries can also be made via the Google Assistant on voice-activated
speakers like Google Home as well as eligible Android phones and iPhones.
To activate BMW Connected, all users need to say is “Ok Google, ask
BMW…”. They can then follow up with individual questions by voice
command, e.g. “When is my next appointment?”, “Send the address to my
vehicle”, “When should I leave?”, “What is my remaining range?” or “Is
my vehicle locked?”. These functions allow users to optimise personal
mobility planning at an early stage and enable comfortable and
stress-free arrival at their destination.
BMW Connected will be integrated with the Google Assistant starting
in December 2017 (in the USA at launch; other countries will follow).
The BMW Group is committed to building the mobility of the future
through its NUMBER ONE NEXT strategy and is investing extensively
in the technologies of tomorrow. As the leading provider of premium
mobility, the company is focusing squarely on the needs and wishes of
its customers and continues to play an instrumental role in driving
forward ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electrified and Services/Shared) developments.