12/23/12

Multimedia's increasingly closer to GM


In addition to GM, several other car manufacturers, such as BMW, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, and Audi are also confirmed to integrate Siri in his vehicle each.


GENERAL Motors (GM) will be the first car manufacturer to integrate Siri in some products. The company has announced plans on Tuesday (27/11) and said that the personal assistant application that will be integrated with the type of car Chevrolet Spark and Sonic LTZ type and the type of hospital that will be available next year.

GM also announced that Siri, which exist in several Apple devices, it can be linked with Chevrolet MyLink applications that have been installed in some cars Chevrolet.

Site The Next Web said the owner of the car type Spark and Sonic have had a Iphone 4S or Iphone 5 to be able to use Siri in their vehicles. It is not yet known whether the existing Siri on iPad can also be enabled.

To maintain safety during driving while using Siri, Iphone will be entered into the Eyes Free mode where the display device will become dark.

Iphone itself can be connected to MyLink with Bluetooth and the user will begin to be able to use Siri, Eyes Free mode by pressing the activation button on the steering wheel. In this mode the user can play songs without having to hold the iPhone.

But unfortunately Siri can not do more complex commands such as opening the page in Safari browser while on the Eyes Free mode.