Kia get version of Microsoft’s SYNC
Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automaker Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones.
Fiat sells cars with the software outside the U.S.
Kia Motors will be entitled to sell cars equipped with Microsoft Auto around the world starting in November, but the company is working on new capabilities and probably won’t be ready this fall, said Velle Kolde, senior product manager for Microsoft Auto.
Kolde wouldn’t say what types of features Kia may add but said the software could include navigation and an emergency call service activated when air bags inflate.
“What specific features you see will be tailored toward the types of vehicles they go into,” Kolde said.
Microsoft is now free to license the software to other automakers as well.
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