Audi har inlett ett samarbete med Google och kommer att leverera en inbyggd GPS-enhet med stöd för bland annat Google Maps och Google Earth. Först ut bland Audis bilmodeller att dra nytta av samarbetet bli den lyxigare A8:an.

You’ll be able to enjoy 3D satellite imagery, terrain information and a wealth of additional geo information relevant to your current location: layers like Wikipedia to learn more about your surroundings or Panoramio images to get another view.

To help you figure out where you want to go and how to get there, we’ve also brought Google Maps and Local Search into the A8, and linking it to your desk. You can send business listings directly from Google Maps to your car: search for an address at your desk, send it to the car, and by the time you go to the parking lot your car will know where to go. While in the car, you can use Google Local Search in the same rich quality as at your desk. Imagine you get hungry on the way or want to find a cinema – simply perform a live Google search on your car navigation system and immediately get up-to-date, rich and relevant results.

Kan det möjligen vara så att enheten också kör Android? Det hade onekligen varit ett rejält kliv framåt från de låsta och ickemodulära GPS-enheter biltillverkare idag använder sig av. Vilken funktionalitet hade ni uppskattat mest om ni haft Android i bilen?

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