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World first: Google by car
Wed Aug 29 10:45:00 CEST 2007 Press Release
BMW is the only automobile manufacturer to offer the Google local search in the car - available now. For the first time, you can use this search function to look for local information everywhere in Germany with the world's most famous online search engine. When you find what you want, the details are transferred to the navigation system and car phone at the touch of a button. The system identifies the location and destination of the vehicle automatically and displays the results in the vicinity with details of address, phone number and distance. For example, you can look for Yellow Pages information like names and addresses of restaurants and hotels and locate service stations, banks, supermarkets, cinemas and public bodies. In a nutshell: The automobile Google local search service saves time and stops your nerves getting frayed.
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Manfred Grunert
BMW Group
Munich. BMW is the only automobile manufacturer to offer the Google local
search in the car - available now. For the first time, you can use this search
function to look for local information everywhere in Germany with the world's
most famous online search engine. When you find what you want, the details are
transferred to the navigation system and car phone at the touch of a button.
The system identifies the location and destination of the vehicle automatically
and displays the results in the vicinity with details of address, phone number
and distance. For example, you can look for Yellow Pages information like names
and addresses of restaurants and hotels and locate service stations, banks,
supermarkets, cinemas and public bodies. In a nutshell: The automobile Google
local search service saves time and stops your nerves getting frayed.
Google local search in the vehicle is a logical development of the intelligent
link between automobile and Internet. Google and BMW have been offering the
function "Send to Car" for transferring search results from the Google Maps
website directly to the car for some time. Google local search now gives access
to the Internet from the car. This is another building block in BMW
"ConnectedDrive" which combines all individual online, assistance and service
systems in the car. Apart from BMW Online, this includes BMW Assist, which
offers the emergency call function, as well as an information and breakdown
service and the latest traffic information. Depending on the navigation system
selected, all services from BMW ConnectedDrive can be procured and used free of
charge for up to three years.
BMW ConnectedDrive
BMW combines individual online, assistance and service systems in the vehicle
under the overall concept of ConnectedDrive. These are services that can be
directly accessed using the navigation system or phone and they make a
significant contribution to the enhancement of comfort and safety. For example,
BMW Assist accesses the latest traffic information and provides a personal
information service, alongside the emergency call function. Any data requested
on restaurants, cinemas or hotels can be incorporated directly in the BMW
navigation system as a destination. Internet-based services such as calling up
share prices, weather reports and free parking spaces come under BMW Online.
The vehicle uses BMW TeleServices to contact a BMW Service Partner
automatically when it needs a service. Further information and the latest
commercial on "Google local search" in a BMW can be called up on the internet
at www.bmwconnecteddrive.com.