Kevin Bostic
Chevy is giving car buyers even more options to access Apple's digital assistant, as the automaker announced on Tuesday that Siri Eyes Free support will be available in six more of its 2014 models.
Citing a "remarkable" customer response to Siri Eyes Free, Chevy revealed that the hands-free iPhone operation feature would be built in to the company's 2014 Camaro, Cruze, Equinox, Malibu, SS, and Volt. Siri integration will mean that customers with iPhones running iOS 6 or iOS 7 will be able to use those devices to make voice-activated, hands-free calls to their Contacts, play music from their iTunes libraries, send iMessages, and add Calendar appointments.
Chevy was the first automaker to integrate Siri Eyes Free into its vehicles, debuting the feature in its Spark and Sonic models in February of this year.
While Chevy was the first, eight other automakers initially signed on to integrate Siri compatibility into their vehicles in June of last year. Honda enabled Siri compatibility into its 2013 Accord and Acura models, making the Apple digital assistant a dealer-installed option for buyers.
Other automakers building in compatibility with Siri include General Motors, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Jaguar, Audi, Toyota, and Chrysler.
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26 Comments
Will Apples competition chase them¿
I'm not a GM fan but good for them. This is going to be a game changer. I'm sure contracts are involved but Ford needs to dump its association with Microsoft ASAP. Sync was pretty cool on my 2010 Edge but almost four years have past and the new Sync has only gotten worse. Other companies like VW don't have the resources or experiences designing modern user interfaces. Everyone wins (except MS of course). Hell open it up, let this technology work with either Android or iOS and let MS play if they want to.
This kind of makes me sad. My Chevy Sonic is a 2012 and the 2013s got the compatibility. :(
Will Apples competition chase them¿
I hope so, safer roads would be a nice perk.
My car has had voice activated calling for about eight years and it annoys the hell out of me (and many others) whenever I see someone 'bozo driving' because they are on a phone or doing that occasional 'phone swerve' every few seconds when they can be bothered to look up at the road.
Almost as annoying is how many friends I have that have the feature but don't use it. They just never bother to set up the bluetooth connection and/or they can't be bothered to port their contact list over and their systems don't do it automatically.
Hopefully Siri will change that and people actually start using it. Texters still gonna text though =(
Will this stop a Samdroid troll from buying any Siri enabled vehicle? I know we have quite few Samdroid trolls on AI. Let's hear from you guys and gals.