Kia UVO - infotainment system developed in collaboration with Microsoft

Microsoft and Kia Motors America, in partnership, have developed the "UVO &", which allows drivers and passengers to control by voice commands or your car audio. This will start the new Sorento.

January 8th update:

UVO, short for "Your Voice" (your voice), developed with Microsoft, provides operating voice and touch-activated audio system management using a mobile phone. UVO software based on Windows Embedded Auto.

Today's drivers want and need for intuitive control and Kia and Microsoft have designed UVO using voice recognition technology developed by Microsoft. Providing support complex grammatical system interacts with the driver and passengers, being able to answer even questions like "What song is playing?", And provide different information, all without the driver being distracted from the road.

The interface has a 4.3-inch color display that provides detailed information about media content, mobile phone book and on the state vehicle and the screen displays images taken by camera for reversing, when the vehicle performed this maneuver. UVO is an open platform that integrates seamlessly with a wide range of phones, music players and other devices.

"UVO system developed with Microsoft is a big step forward in the vehicle's infotainment, it helps both the driver and passengers safe and simple access devices, in order to create a unique atmosphere in the car," he said Michael Sprague, vice president of Marketing of Kia Motors America. "Working with Microsoft will offer a clear advantage Kia cars in the competition," he continued.

UVO will begin this summer, the model Sorento, and will be extended to other Kia models, as part of the technological development of the brand. Many of the Kia models have already standard wireless connection, Bluetooth connection and iPod/MP3/USB.

January 6 Original text:

The system, called UVO, will be present until the end of several models produced by Kia, Kia Sorento first of them, which will reach the market this summer.

"For us, the system is a revolutionary interface," said marketing vice-president for the U.S. unit of Kia, Michael Sprague. He declined to specify how the product will cost.

UVO will enter into direct competition with Sync system, the Ford, also based on Microsoft.

American car manufacturer will present at the International Exhibition of Electronics, held in Las Vegas (7-10 January), features of Sync, which combines navigation with elements of online media. Sync Prices start at $ 400.

Source: http://www.kia.com/international/

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