| Enriching the in-vehicle experience with an industry-leading platform for communication, entertainment, navigation, and connected services.
With more than ten years in the automotive space, Windows Embedded Automotive is invested in helping car manufacturers and suppliers connect drivers with a wide range of devices, services and technology, including hands-free communication, mobile device integration, rich content through connected services and state-of-the-art graphical capabilities and high-fidelity digital entertainment.
Microsoft Auto 4.1 is the newest generation of embedded operating system from Microsoft designed specifically for developing state-of-the-art in-vehicle infotainment systems. Microsoft Auto is a standardized, industry proven platform for developing communication, entertainment, and service enabled location based solutions. This release includes a large set of integrated, fully tested, and flexible middleware components, as well as hundreds of components available with the latest version of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3, allowing Microsoft Auto based systems to scale across a broad range of automotive makes and models. Leveraging the rich tools and broad Microsoft partner ecosystem, suppliers can reduce their development costs and speed their time to market. |
| Highlights of Microsoft Auto 4.1 | Microsoft Auto 4.1 builds on the industry-proven 4.0 platform. This release extends Bluetooth wireless technology support and media player functionality. It includes a large set of integrated, tested, and flexible middleware components, as well as hundreds of components available with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3, enabling Microsoft Auto–based systems to scale across a broad range of automotive makes and models. Capitalizing on these tools and on the broad Microsoft partner ecosystem, manufacturers and suppliers can reduce development costs and speed time to market while extending customers’ lifestyles into the vehicles they drive.
Microsoft Auto is based on a vision to: “enrich the in-vehicle experience for drivers and passengers by bringing an industry leading platform software and services for communication, entertainment, navigation and information services to the mass market”. Some of the new features in Microsoft Auto 4.1 include: | Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Secure Simple Pairing Support Calendar download from mobile phone Technology Preview of upcoming support for DLNA media device integration Multi-application access to media index iPhone/iPod Touch Firmware 3.x support Message Access Profile (MAP) 1.0
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| Enrich the in-vehicle experience for drivers and passengers | The technology in Microsoft Auto is designed to enable easy to use, appropriate and relevant experiences for the front and rear seat, facing drivers and passengers alike. To stay relevant, the platform provides update capabilities to ensure state of the art support with modern consumer electronic devices through device updates, service content, and improving the time to market for automakers. |
| An industry leading platform and services | Microsoft Auto is a robust, extensible software platform to help deliver more reliable and cost effective in-car infotainment embedded computer systems. Our goal is to reduce the cost, risk, and time to market of Telematics and infotainment solution development, by providing a platform with integrated communication, entertainment, and navigation service features, and the tools capable of creating unique solutions that help automakers and suppliers set them apart from the competition. |
| For Communication, Entertainment, Navigation and Information | The integrated components in Microsoft Auto help carmakers and Tier 1 suppliers connect drivers with a wide range of devices, services and technology, including hands-free Bluetooth phone communication, media and mobile device integration, rich content through connected services and state-of-the-art graphical capabilities and high-fidelity digital entertainment. What’s more, these technologies are not delivered in silos, separated from each other as individual components, but rather integrated to provide a seamless experience for customers. However, Microsoft Auto does not define or require a specific human-machine interface (HMI) or HMI technology. The end result is a complete, state of the art infotainment system that matches the look and feel of your target customer. |
| To the mass market | Our platform enables suppliers to create devices at a lower per-device cost, as well as lower design and engineering cost. It provides the ability to get to market faster through the use of standardized components and partners. Combined, these allow automakers to bring features once found only in luxury vehicles to consumers of any vehicle across all model lines. |
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|  |  | |  | | Microsoft Auto 4.1 Development Kit | Visit Qualnetics to order the Windows Embedded Automotive Development Kit (WE-ADK) to accelerate your development and testing time for your next automotive project. | |
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