Microsoft shows off concept embedded car software that plays nice with Windows Phone

One specially interesting talk out of Build showcased Microsoft's program to bring Windows Phone into the motorcar with a new embedded software concept. The idea hither will be to projection the data from the phone onto the dash brandish in a usable, safety format, but as y'all can meet, a lot of the Windows visual manner is retained. This is great, considering most embedded car system interfaces (Microsoft's included) are pretty ugly.

In the fully working demo, viewable below and starting at the 25-infinitesimal marking, Steve Teixeiria from Microsoft's Internet of Things group runs through all of the major content categories: music, GPS directions, calls, messaging, apps, and more than. Right now, the mobile device is connecting to the car through MirrorLink, and isn't necessarily reliant on connecting to Windows as an embedded organisation.

Though this is nonetheless very much in the concept stage, it'due south easy to see that Microsoft is taking this pretty seriously equally they're already well-established in the space. How many of you guys would base of operations your car purchase on mobile connectivity? Are y'all digging the concept Microsoft is showing off hither, or is there anything you lot would change or add?

Source: Channel9 via The Verge

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