Hyundai Announced the Google Home Support

Hyundai announced the Google Home support. The users via Hyundai’s Blue Link service can now use Google Home to issue commands to their cars. It is the first Car manufacturer who is taking advantage of Google Home. Earlier Hyundai Sonata is the first car with Android Auto at launch.

 

To use this service you have to Buy Blue Link which will cost $199 a year for the remote start and locking capabilities. Once a customer has successfully linked his or her account. The Remote Service commands will only be sent to Hyundai vehicles after the Google Assistant prompts owners for their Blue Link Personal Identification Number.

Hyundai will support the voice commands like “start my car” and “lock the doors” via Google Home. In a press release Hyundai says, The company will show a new integration with Google Home that’ll let you start or lock your car in CES 2017 this week. Although Hyundai announces the Google Home Support. But the company doesn’t say anything on the public release date for this integration. Moreover, the Company promises that some more features will be added before it released.

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Press Release

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — In an integration highlighting the increasing connection between cars and the home, Hyundai is demonstrating compatibility with the company’s Blue Link Agent for the Google Assistant. The integration, which Hyundai will be demonstrating at Pepcom’s Digital Experience prior to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES®) on January 4, allows control of various functions of a Hyundai vehicle with simple voice commands. These commands include “Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to start my Santa Fe and set the temperature to 72 degrees”, “Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to send the address of the Mandarin Oriental, in Las Vegas to my Sonata”, and “Ok Google, ask Blue Link to lock my car”.

“Our customers are finding smart home integrations like the one we are showcasing with Google Home to be very useful and convenient,” said Manish Mehrotra, director, digital business planning and connected operations, Hyundai Motor America. “We will continue to add layers of convenience to the Blue Link connected car system and our cars, making features like remote EV charge management, remote locking, temperature and remote start easier than ever while sitting on the couch and saying ‘Ok Google’.”

Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant that can provide real-time answers, activate streaming music services, smart home devices, and now, cars.

Blue Link brings seamless connectivity directly into Hyundai cars with technology like Remote Start with Climate Control, Destination Search powered by Google®, Remote Door Lock/Unlock, Car Finder, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, and Stolen Vehicle Recovery. Blue Link services can be easily accessed from the buttons on the rearview mirror and center stack, the Web or via the Blue Link owners’ smartphone app. In addition to the Action on Google Assistant, some of these features can also be controlled via the latest Android Wear^™ and Apple Watch^™ smartwatch offerings.

How It Works

To send commands to the Hyundai Vehicles via the Google Assistant on Google Home, engineers developed a way to link a customer’s Blue Link Account with the Google Assistant voice-activated services. Once a customer has successfully linked his or her account, Remote Service commands will only be sent to Hyundai vehicles after the Google Assistant prompts owners for their Blue Link Personal Identification Number (PIN).

Examples of Exchanges between Google Home and Hyundai Blue Link

Blue Link Action on Google Home demonstration features include:

• Sending a destination to the car’s navigation system
• Remote horn/lights
• Start and stop charging of Hyundai plug-in vehicles
• Remote Start with Climate Control

Hyundai will have more features before launching this Action on Google Home into production.