CONNECT AND CONTROL REMOTELY YOUR HYUNDAI CAR VIA GOOGLE HOME

 Hyundai’s Blue Link service

In addition to offering automatic emergency support, lets owners control various aspects of their cars remotely through a connected smartphone, Apple Watch, or Android Wear device.
The car company announced a new partnership with Google to add voice control for your car through the Google Home.

That means that various Blue Link remote access functions like starting your car or unlocking the doors can be controlled simply by talking to your Google Home. Additionally, Blue Link supports Google Maps, so Home can look up addresses using Google’s mapping data, deliver the results, and send directions straight to your car all through voice control.

None of this is exactly new, per say — Hyundai’s offered similar support through smartphones and smart watches for a while, and we’ve even seen an Alexa-controlled Tesla hack. That said, Hyundai’s implementation is one of the first official integrations for controlling a car with a digital home assistant. Additionally, Hyundai claims that it’ll be adding more features before it launches the Action for Google Home, but currently isn’t offering an estimate as to when it will be available.

In a press release at Hyundai Motor America, headquarter in FOUNTAIN VALLEY, California, last month the HYUNDAI stated as follow – In an integration highlighting the increasing connection between cars and the home, Hyundai is demonstrating compatibility with the company’s Blue Link Agent for the Google Assistant. The integration, which Hyundai demonstrating at Pepcom’s Digital Experience prior to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES®) last month, allows control of various functions of a Hyundai vehicle with simple voice commands. These commands include “Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to start my Santa Fe and set the temperature to 72 degrees”, “Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to send the address of the Mandarin Oriental, in Las Vegas to my Sonata”, and “Ok Google, ask Blue Link to lock my car”.

“Our customers are finding smart home integrations like the one we are showcasing with Google Home to be very useful and convenient,” said Manish Mehrotra, director, digital business planning and connected operations, Hyundai Motor America. “We will continue to add layers of convenience to the Blue Link connected car system and our cars, making features like remote EV charge management, remote locking, temperature and remote start easier than ever while sitting on the couch and saying ‘Ok Google’.”

Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant that can provide real-time answers, activate streaming music services, smart home devices, and now, cars.^™ and Apple Watch^™ smart watch offerings.

Blue Link brings seamless connectivity directly into Hyundai cars with technology like Remote Start with Climate Control, Destination Search powered by Google®, Remote Door Lock/Unlock, Car Finder, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, and Stolen Vehicle Recovery. Blue Link services can be easily accessed from the buttons on the rear view mirror and center stack, the Web or via the Blue Link owners’ smartphone app. In addition to the Action on Google Assistant, some of these features can also be controlled via the latest Android Wear

HOW IT WORKS

To send commands to the Hyundai Vehicles via the Google Assistant on Google Home, engineers developed a way to link a customer’s Blue Link Account with the Google Assistant voice activated services. Once a customer has successfully linked his or her account, Remote Service commands will only be sent to Hyundai vehicles after the Google Assistant prompts owners for their Blue Link Personal Identification Number (PIN).

Examples of Exchanges between Google Home and Hyundai Blue Link

Example User Statement to Google Assistant	Example Google Assistant’s Response to User
“Ok Google, Find me a great steakhouse in Las Vegas.”	“The address I found for a great steak house in Las Vegas is SW Steak House at 3131 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109. Do you wish to send it to your Sonata?”
“Ok Google, tell Blue Link to send the address to my Santa Fe.”	“The destination has been sent.”

“Ok Google, what is the weather like today?”	“Today’s forecast for Ann Arbor is 38 degrees with rain and snow.”
“Ok Google, ask Blue Link to Start my Tucson and set the temperature to 75 degrees.”	“To remote start and set climate control of your Tucson please say your Blue Link PIN.”
“9115.”	“Your request to remote start and set climate control of your Tucson has been sent.”

“Ok Google, Tell Blue Link to start charging my IONIQ”	“Please say your Blue Link PIN.”
“1978.”	“Your request has been sent. Your IONIQ is now charging.

Blue Link Action on Google Home demonstration features include:

• Sending a destination to the car’s navigation system
• Remote horn/lights
• Start and stop charging of Hyundai plug-in vehicles
• Remote Start with Climate Control

Hyundai will have more features before launching this Action on Google Home into production