Working with Google Maps, the voice assistant allows occupants to get directions and send messages, as well as control media, vehicle functions and smart phone devices hands-free. Additional apps can also be downloaded from the Google Play store to add music, podcast, and audiobook services.
“It is our great pleasure to be able to offer new value for mobility and people’s daily lives all around the world by combining Honda’s strengths in advanced technologies in automobile development and Google’s strengths in innovative information technologies,” said Satoshi Takami, head of Honda’s Mobility-as-a-Service operations. Honda will continue to take on challenges to create new value while rapidly addressing the transformation of mobility without being bound by the conventional wisdom of the automobile industry.”