By Alina Khayretdinova, Manager, User Experience Team What is the first piece of information we usually learn about a person we’ve just met? Their name. Even in today’s increasingly virtual world where we’re often “meeting” for the first time without actually seeing each other, a person’s name can

By Sujal Shah, VP & GM, Professional Services  As the automotive industry continues to advance toward a connected and autonomous future, AI-powered voice assistants are poised to play a key role, serving as the bridge between drivers’ connected lives and their in-car experiences.  In-car assistants

By Nils Lenke, VP & GM of Apps I recently had the pleasure of presenting at Monetizing The Digital Car Virtual ‘Live’ 202 1 – a global event bringing together automotive OEMs, big data tech companies, mobility service providers and other stakeholders at the forefront of unlocking the full potential

By Tim Jungheim, Marketing Manager  Looking to the future of in-car assistants, we firmly believe that voice is more powerful when combined with the other senses: sight, touch, gesture and more. That’s why we recently introduced Cerence Look , which enables drivers and passengers to interact with

By Daniel Craven, End-User Experience Team   In part one of this series , I outlined how voice assistants will play an important role in autonomous vehicles, particularly when it comes to mobility-as-a-service, transforming automotive cabins, and expanding sensor-based capabilities.

By Daniel Craven, End-User Experience Team   It is a well-known fact that our future roads will be awash with varying levels of autonomous vehicles (AVs). AVs are set to transform the way we travel in many ways, but what do they have in store for in-vehicle voice assistants (VAs)?

By Stefan Ortmanns, EVP & GM, Core Products In recent months, there’s been a flurry of exciting announcements from automakers launching their next-generation electric vehicles. Perhaps inspired by Tesla, NIO, and other EV innovators, and with mounting governmental regulations pushing them to

By Dr. Holger Quast, Product Strategy, Core Products If you’ve ever used voice recognition in your car, chances are you’ve pressed that little button with the talking face icon on your steering wheel to activate the voice assistant. In more advanced systems, you may have uttered the increasingly

By Dr. Barbertje Streefkerk, User Interface Design Manager  Let me tell you about a situation that happens from time to time in my house: my husband is sitting outside on the terrace, while I’m inside in the kitchen. It’s around 4 pm. He asks, with a big smile, “Is the coffee machine still on?”  It