Kia drivers are going to get Google Maps data soon

Hyundai and Kia volition integrate Google Maps data into their existent conveyance infotainment platforms up of a switchover to the Android Automotive operating system, the automakers announced today.

Hyundai, Kia, and the luxury nameplate Genesis volition use Google Maps Platform’s Places API to inject 250 cardinal points of involvement into the existing navigation software. Kia volition beryllium the archetypal to get the caller information integration successful North America, with “subsequent expansions” to different Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis models globally. Hyundai says the changes are portion of an ongoing Google concern that accelerates their improvement of what the automaker calls “software-defined vehicles,” oregon SDV.

We asked Hyundai if existent models connected the roadworthy volition get Google Maps information done a bundle update and volition update this communicative erstwhile we get a response. The existent navigation app for the companies chiefly uses points of involvement information from integer mapping institution TomTom. Tesla is besides 1 of respective automakers that has its ain navigation bundle connected a closed OS but uses Places API for mapping data.

However, Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis volition soon travel the industry-wide inclination of moving to Google’s Android Automotive operating system, which runs the Google Maps app natively and tin enactment Google Play Store apps.