CES 2016: Volvo to offer remote voice control
Tech previewed on Knightrider is here, sadly your XC90 won’t rescue you from a dicey hostage situationVolvo has teamed up with Microsoft to allow its owners to use voice commands to control their vehicles.
In the future, thanks to Volvo’s On Call telematics app and Microsoft Band 2 smart watch, if you voice some simple commands in your watch your car will respond.
Currently this could involve preconditioning your car in hot or cold weather using a simple voice command into a watch when you’re away from the vehicle.
Other tasks that can be completed are remotely unlocking the doors, setting the navigation, flashing the lights or sounding the horn when you lose your car in the airport parking.
The wearable watch, that’s already on sale in the US for around $300, could herald future more advanced function being added later.
According to Volvo, the Swedish car-maker is only just “beginning to scratch the surface” on trying to make the car experience “as easy as possible by utilising the latest technology”.
The new voice control technology will be launched around October 2016.
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