Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon said they would pre-integrate the Alexa Custom Assistant with the Qualcomm Snapdragon automotive cockpit platforms.
This new system is designed to support automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to build customisable, in-vehicle intelligent assistants and is offered as an extension module to the Alexa automotive software development kit (SDK) which will soon be available for the third generation cockpit platforms as well as the recently announced fourth generation platform.
The digital cabin assistance system is enhanced with claimed superior, highly-intuitive voice-based capabilities for natural, conversational interactions with driver and passengers .
The assistant is built on Alexa technology and can be tailored to each vehicle brand with unique wake words, voices and capabilities. The product, which is available to automotive OEMs on a pre-approved basis as an extension module to the Alexa SDK, provides access to voice artificial intellige