Howdy Gang!
Following on from Cerence's 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference (as discussed above), I've just had the opportunity to take a peek at the Cerence Investor Day Destination Next pdf which you can access here if you wish to
https://cerence.gcs-web.com/static-files/4fd79f3e-2c0a-429a-841e-dcc68fc52e83
So the way I see now it is that AKIDA is 99.999999% likely to be incorporated in the "Cerence Immersive Companion" and I'll explain why.
Firstly, you'll see on one of the slides I've posted it lists the "New Innovations" including
enhanced in-cabin audio AI, surroundings awareness, teachable AI, and a multi-sensory experience platform in addition to other features. These New Innovations will be rolled out in FY 23/24.
Secondly, there's a slide that shows Niils Shanz and the slide highlights his work on the MBUX, hyperscreen and "Hey Mercedes" voice assistant.
Thirdly, remember at the Cerence's 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference when Stefan Ortmanns said in relation to NVDIA something like "So you're right. They have their own technology, but our technology stack is more advanced. And here we're talking about
specifically Mercedes where they're positioned with their hardware and with our solution." I believe that this comment was made in reference to the Vision EQXX voice control system which is what I think is being referred to by Cerence as the new "enhanced in-cabin audio AI" which will roll out in FY23/24 as part of the Cerence Immersive Companion.
Fourthly, another slide shows "Multisensory Inputs" which includes full HMI solution integrating multi-modal inputs (incl. conversational AI, DMS, facial, gaze, gesture, emotion, etc.) and multi-modal outputs (incl. voice, graphic, haptic, vibration,
etc.) I bolded the ect because I thought that could be hinting at smell and taste.
Fifthly, Stefan Ortmans said that Cerence's technology is more advanced than NVDIA's and that Qualcomm are using it too, so that rules out NVDIA and Qualcomm from being the magic edge computing ingredient.
Sixthly, Arm and Cerence are partners.
Seventhly, everything adds up nicely in terms of functionality, time-lines and just the general vibe IMO.
Eighthly, DYOR because I often have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Speaking of the "Cerence Immersive Companion". We know from the above that its "New Innovations" including
enhanced in-cabin audio AI, surroundings awareness, teachable AI, and a multi-sensory experience platform in addition to other features will be rolled out in FY 23/24.
Must be purely co-incidental then that BMW's is planning an introduction to the new BMW Operating System 9 on selected X1 models in the United Kingdom from the
second quarter of this year, as part of an initial pilot phase. It says in this article
"iDrive 9 will be primarily touchscreen-based, and BMW plans on even more advanced voice recognition to be an important form of interaction". It also says that the
"OS 9 requires new hardware, so existing cars with OS 8 cannot be upgraded to OS 9".
BMW has announced that it will begin offering the new BMW Operating System 9 on selected X1 models in the United Kingdom from the second quarter of this year, as part of an initial pilot …
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BMW Operating System 9 to debut on the X1 SUV from Q2 2023 – powers new iDrive 9 infotainment system
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BMW has announced that it will begin offering the new BMW Operating System 9 on selected X1 models in the United Kingdom from the second quarter of this year, as part of an initial pilot phase. The German carmaker had already announced last year that it would
use Google’s Android Automotive OS (AAOS) for its operating system that powers the brand’s iDrive infotainment system.
The new OS 9 (used for iDrive 9), supersedes
Operating System 8 (used for iDrive 8), with the latter first making its debut in 2021 on the
iX. Several other BMW models have since received iDrive 8, which comes with the Curved Display, like the
i4,
2 Series Active Tourer,
2 Series Coupe,
3 Series facelift,
7 Series,
iX1,
X1 and
XM.
“This new operating system opens the door to an extended range of apps, optimised touch control and more frequent updates. Additional BMW compact class models will follow suit in other countries over the course of 2023,” the company said in its release.
Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), BMW previewed OS 9 and told
BMW Blog that the second-generation X2 as well as new MINI models would get iDrive 9. It also said that OS 9 requires new hardware, so existing cars with OS 8 cannot be upgraded to OS 9.
While it may appear that iDrive 8 is going to be short-lived, BMW said that current cars with the “older” system will be updated to iDrive 8.5. This will have the same look and user interface as iDrive 9, but certain features like a new app store (Customer Digital Ecosystem) won’t be available.
Stephan Durach, senior vice president of connected company development at BMW Group, explained that the difference in basic coding platforms (as well as hardware) each car uses is the reason why the entry-level X1 and X2 will get iDrive 9, but the flagship 7 Series only gets iDrive 8.5. Durach added that iDrive 8-equipped cars have Linux-based systems, whereas the newer X1, X2 and upcoming MINI models (
Aceman,
Cooper) have Android-based systems.
It should also be noted that BMW will only be using the open source Android software as the base layer of OS 9 and will leave out the Google Automotive Services (GAS) portion of AAOS, so it isn’t a full integration with services like Google Maps and the Play Store. Companies like Rivian, Lucid and
Maserati are going down this path, while
Volvo opted to include GAS in its infotainment software.
In the X1, you’ll notice there isn’t a rotary controller that is typical of iDrive systems since 2001. This is because iDrive 9 will be primarily touchscreen-based, and BMW plans on even more advanced voice recognition to be an important form of interaction. However,
Autoblog reports that larger, more expensive models will retain the iDrive controller as they make the transition, likely to accommodate an older audience that may not like tapping on a screen for everything.
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