Volvo brings YouTube into some of its cars

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Services dedicated to entertainment are more and more; important inside modern cars. The infotainment systems are constantly enriched with features; that allow people to pass the time in the car while, for example, they are waiting for someone in a parking lot or, in the case of electric cars, while they are charging.

From CES 2022 in Las Vegas comes the news that Volvo , thanks to the work carried out with Google, will introduce & agrave; the playback of YouTube videos on all its models equipped with the infotainment system based on the Android platform. The app will be able to download through Google Play and allow; to offer an entertainment service to passengers.

Obviously, this new feature is; was introduced paying close attention to the safety aspect. In fact, the video playback will start; only with parked car .

Allowing our customers to watch videos while recharging their batteries or waiting for their children to leave school is part of our promise to make their lives more smoothly. comfortable and pleasant. Thanks to YouTube and other major streaming services that will soon be available on board, our customers will be able to enjoy their charging pause instead of just seeing it as a hassle and the experience of owning an electric car will be a success. a little more pleasant.

But the news they are not finished. Volvo, in fact, will offer; a direct integration between its cars and enabled devicesGoogle Assistant service .


In practical terms, people , by associating their Volvo with their personal Google account, they will be able to remotely set a series of features , such as heating or locking the car doors, using the voice commands given to the Google Assistant-enabled home and mobile devices. The functionality will be made available progressively over the next few months on Volvos that have an Android-based infotainment system.

Finally, Volvo and Google have announced that customers will soon be able to download navigation apps such as Sygic and Flitsmeister, charging apps such as Chargepoint and Plugshare, and parking apps such as SpotHero and ParkWhiz, where available.

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