BMW to bring Alexa to its cars starting in 2018

[Le Gaucher]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/27/bmw-to-bring-alexa-to-its-cars-starting-in-2018/


I dont know why - but feel the tightening stranglehold of AI assistants every single day .. they are becoming instrusive now

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be your cockpit companion in future BMWs: The automaker will offer Alexa in select cars starting in 2018, Amazon announced today at a special event revealing a host of product news at its Seattle HQ.

The vehicle integration will begin in the middle of next year, the companies revealed, and will provide access to Alexa skills and voice-based capabilities right from the infotainment system. This isn’t the first time Alexa has shown up in vehicles, as Ford demonstrated a test version of its Sync platform with Alexa functionality baked in at CES last January.

BMW also previously teamed up with Amazon to release Alexa skills for the BMW Connected app, that let vehicle owners do things like check how much fuel there is in their cars from their Echo devices at home.

[underpants]

1. Alexa, call in a missile strike on this slow a** m__f__er in front of me

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Just One Stinger Will Do

No need to get carried away!

[brush]

2. Wonder if it expires after a few months then you have to pay to renew?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Ambivalent

I don't like the fact that it likely means one is always on line. But, changing the radio or making a call without ever having to take hands off wheel might be a good thing.

I'm not enthusiastic about it, though.