Apple’s Siri to Ride Shotgun in Cars From Nine Major Auto Manufacturers
June 14th, 2012Via: Gizmag:
As part of its keynote speech on the opening day of this year’s WWDC, Apple mentioned that Siri will be featured in vehicles from no less than nine major global automakers. Not only will Siri be making her much anticipated iPad debut, but she’ll also be joining you on your daily commute. Apple calls it the “Eyes Free” system.
Apple said that Siri will be seamlessly integrated into vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, General Motors, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover and Toyota. With the push of a button, you’ll be able to stop fiddling around with your phone or infotainment system, focus on the road and let Siri handle the other work.
Apple didn’t share any details beyond the basics, leaving us to imagine exactly how Siri will work in a vehicle. Given Apple’s mention of a spoken mapping function in iOS 6, it seems obvious that Siri will take over the role of turn-by-turn navigation. Other common functions like audio control and points of interest should slide naturally under Siri’s voice-activated umbrella. Oh yeah … you’ll be able to make calls, too.
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