HARMAN has announced that it wants to further advance towards leading the connected car ecosystem by simplifying introduction and launch of vehicle-centric services from automakers.
This news comes only two months after introducing the HARMAN Service Delivery Platform.
Today at the MWC 2016, the company announced 10 new workflow, content and data service providers for the company's Open Service Delivery Platform for the connected car.
These service providers can provide automakers and drivers with a wide range of accurate, context-based and relevant services including real-time traffic and location based services, shopping, parking, streaming audio and live news.
Service providers include TomTom, Parkopedia, AccuWeather, Yelp, INRIX, CustomWeather, Deezer, AccuRadio, Wcities, and NPR. The new services will be available to automakers for their connected car configurations.
HARMAN Connected Services, president, Sanjay Dhawan said "Automakers now have the ability to provide drivers and passengers with the unique and relevant services that will improve the in-car experiences while continuing to focus on improving driver safety, convenience and infotainment."
"We're working closely with the top partners in the industry to bring together these services to automakers and drive innovation for drivers and passengers."
The Service Provider Program is a worldwide initiative available to workflow, content, data and service providers who are looking to bring their services to automakers, vehicles, drivers and passengers faster, while focusing on near-term opportunities in the automotive industry.
By leveraging the industry's leading enterprise cloud services platform, automakers can deploy a variety of services including infotainment and navigation, new software features after vehicle sale, vehicle data to predict part failures, forecasting for preventative maintenance, and analysis of warranty claims.
The HARMAN Service Delivery Platform is a powerful, comprehensive foundation with a collection of core services, third party services and management features, fully integrated with vehicle systems and updated seamlessly over the air.
