Amazon bets once again on open source, this time adopting it to compete in a more competitive way with the Google assistant for cars. We also talked about Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) in LxA, and if you remember the details, this is a major Linux project for connected cars in which the search engine giant has a great interest to be present in vehicles, and now Amazon is also interested in it.
Amazon wants to compete with Google and you want your Alexa voice assistant and voice recognition system to be AGL compliant. This type of AI systems are giving a lot to talk about and are being implemented in businesses, homes and now also in transport to change the way we live until now. And Amazon does not want to be left behind, so it will put Alexa to compete in a market that is currently dominated by Google Android Auto and Apple Car Play ...
AGL opens in 2018 on Toyota Camry for the first time, and it will be a more neutral, open, and interoperable alternative to Android Auto and iOS Car Play. While Amazon is working with Nuance Communications Inc. and Voicebox Technologies Corp to write code that makes AGL applications compatible with various Alexa assistant technologies, this will eliminate the need for developers to implement multiple versions of their software. developments.
And the Linux Foundation AGL project and with the help of Amazon with Alexa, could pay off, as many vehicle manufacturers are trying to move away and look for alternatives to the more closed systems of Android Auto and Car Play. Therefore it would be a victory for the giant Jeff Bezos. At the moment AGL has and is supported by Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki, Mercedez-Benz, Mazda, Subaru, and others.
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