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As preparations for the Thursday, January 5 opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 get to a fever pitch in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hyundai Motors said it is ready to demonstrate compatibility with the company’s Blue Link Agent for the Google Assistant in an integration highlighting the increasing connection between cars and the home.
CES is the largest global consumer electronics and consumer technology trade show that takes place every January in Las Vegas.
Vice President – Product, Corporate & Digital Planning, Hyundai Motor America, Mike O’Brien, along with other Hyundai executives will also address a media briefing on Wednesday to explain issues spanning all future mobility areas of business.
During the presentation, Hyundai will reveal the latest in its Future Mobility lineup – featuring autonomous vehicles, connected car technology and robotic exoskeletons
Also on Wednesday, Hyundai will be using the Pepcom’s Digital Experience , an event which precedes the official opening of CES on Thursday, to demonstrate the new integration, which allows control of various functions of a Hyundai vehicle with simple voice commands. At the event, the automotive manufacturer will be debuting for the first time its latest collaboration in the connected home space.
These commands, according to a statement issued Tuesday in Fountain Valley, California, include “Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to start my Santa Fe and set the temperature to 72 degrees”, “Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to send the address of the Mandarin Oriental, in Las Vegas to my Sonata”, and “Ok Google, ask Blue Link to lock my car”.
When CES eventually opens on Thursday, Hyundai will offer demos of additional advanced technology products spanning the connected home, healthcare and self-driving vehicles.
Speaking on the development, the statement quoted the director, digital business planning and connected operations, Hyundai Motor America, Manish Mehrotra, as saying: “Our customers are finding smart home integrations like the one we are showcasing with Google Home to be very useful and convenient.”
Mehrotra added: “We will continue to add layers of convenience to the Blue Link connected car system and our cars, making features like remote EV charge management, remote locking, temperature and remote start easier than ever while sitting on the couch and saying ‘Ok Google’.”
Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant that can provide real-time answers, activate streaming music services, smart home devices, and now, cars.
Blue Link brings seamless connectivity directly into Hyundai cars with technology like Remote Start with Climate Control, Destination Search powered by Google®, Remote Door Lock/Unlock, Car Finder, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, and Stolen Vehicle Recovery. Blue Link services can be easily accessed from the buttons on the rearview mirror and center stack, the Web or via the Blue Link owners’ smartphone app. In addition to the Action on Google Assistant, some of these features can also be controlled via the latest Android Wear™ and Apple Watch™ smartwatch offerings.
How It Works
To send commands to the Hyundai Vehicles via the Google Assistant on Google Home, engineers developed a way to link a customer’s Blue Link Account with the Google Assistant voice activated services. Once a customer has successfully linked his or her account, Remote Service commands will only be sent to Hyundai vehicles after the Google Assistant prompts owners for their Blue Link Personal Identification Number (PIN).
Blue Link Action on Google Home demonstration features include:
- Sending a destination to the car’s navigation system
- Remote horn/lights
- Start and stop charging of Hyundai plug-in vehicles
- Remote Start with Climate Control
Hyundai said it will have more features before launching this Action on Google Home into production.
