Monday, September 13, 2010

Coming Soon To A Car Near You!

OnStar is expected to match their rival, the Ford's Sync music and information service, with new upgrades which includes updating Facebook status', and even apps such as Trapstar, which helps detect police in your area. General Motors, the producers of OnStar, say that the will be "free services hooking into Facebook with a OnStar subscription; the current subscription provides accident alerts, directions, vehicle diagnostics, and roadside assistance. This new upgrade, will use a voice-to-text feature to not only, update their Facebook status' but also listen to their most recent "newsfeeds".
This innovative upgrade is only the first step towards a grand realm of possibilities. Some speculate that OnStar may start to offer entertainment and information services directly to user's smartphones. OnStar currently have applications that monitor gas and control the vehicle's locks and horns. At the moment there are more than thirty vehicles with the OnStar option.
Living in an age of technology, i believe innovation takes on a different face. It is not about creating something new, but about connecting what is already there. And OnStar is doing exactly that. OnStar has now comfortably brought your social life, into your car.

1 comment:

  1. Justin, good job summing up the article, but please also include your own opinion of the product and a citation for where you found the article. Do you think that this new technology will draw more consumers to buy OnStar equipped vehicles?

    ReplyDelete