The Accord will probably be Honda’s first automotive to supply Google built-in

Honda’s subsequent Accord would be the automaker’s first car to support Google built-in integration, enabling native Android apps and over the air (OTA) software program updates (via Automotive News). It will probably be included as a typical characteristic within the high Touring trim of the 2023 Accord, arriving early subsequent 12 months.

If you’ve by no means heard of “Google built-in,” that’s as a result of it’s simply one other title for Android Automotive — the software program large’s car working system. Considering Google additionally has a similarly-named phone-to-car integration system known as Android Auto (like Apple’s CarPlay), it is smart that the much less complicated “Google built-in” seems to be the corporate’s most popular title going ahead.

Honda hasn’t revealed if its different automobiles will probably be getting Google built-in but. The automaker had beforehand used customized (and now outdated) embedded Android software program in a few of its vehicles, however now it’s totally leveraging Google’s choices to deal with all of the arduous infotainment stuff. Navigation within the Accord will probably be taken care of with utilizing Google Maps, voice controls can change issues like passenger air temperatures, and music apps will probably be only a faucet away. Honda signed up for Google’s infotainment platform final 12 months, on the time saying it might begin rolling it out to vehicles in 2022.

In the brand new Accord, Google built-in will function throughout two screens: a ten.2-inch digital instrument cluster, and a 12.3-inch heart display. It’s the most important infotainment display Honda has ever made, and greater than Volvo’s 9-inch display within the XC40 — one other automotive that makes use of Google built-in as effectively.

Honda’s car OTA updates will “add function two, three, or eight years after it’s been sold,” says American Honda Motor Co. VP of CASE and Energy Jay Joseph, chatting with Automotive News. “[It] can really change the dynamics of the ownership experience and the used-vehicle market,” Joseph mentioned.