Volvo On Call remote voice control revealed
Selected car functions can now be operated via Microsoft Band 2 smartwatch
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Your support makes all the difference.Volvo and Microsoft have collaborated to produce a hi-tech remote car control function. Using the new Volvo on Call app on the electronic giant’s Band 2 smartwatch, motorists can use their voices to operate selected functions on the Swedish automaker’s models.
The voice-command software, which was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, can control the car’s heating, navigation, central locking, headlamps and horn.
Volvo on Call is the second automotive technology project Volvo and Microsoft have worked on together, and it will be available in the UK from the spring on the £199.99 Band 2 smartwatch.
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