Volvo Cars has announced it will become the first automaker to install Google’s Gemini platform in its vehicles.
Both Google and Volvo demonstrated the launch of this tech together at The Android Show in a Volvo EX90.
With Google’s upcoming launch of Google Gemini in the car, drivers of Volvo cars with Google built-in will be among the first to use Gemini’s latest conversational AI technology.
Gemini in the car can better understand what you want while driving through natural conversations. You can talk naturally to craft messages, translate them into another language before sending, ask questions from the car’s user manual or learn specific details about your destination.
Gemini will replace the current Google Assistant in Volvo cars with Google built-in later this year.
Alwin Bakkenes, head of global software engineering at Volvo Cars, said:
“We strive to deliver human-centric technology, and a stunning customer experience is an essential part of this. Through this partnership with Google, we are able to bring the very latest features and capabilities from the leading consumer eco-system into our products first. With our expanding partnership, we’re collaborating on cutting-edge solutions that shape the future of connected cars.”
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