Owner’s manual on the head unit
Drivers ask how a feature works instead of opening a 400-page manual in the glovebox.
Automotive · In the car
In-car voice assistant without coverage
Drivers ask about features, warning lights and settings by voice, and get an answer in a tunnel or on a mountain road.
- Head unit
- Works offline
Head unit assistantOn this device · no internet needed
What does the orange engine light mean?
It’s the engine check light. Drive gently and book a service soon. If it flashes, stop when it’s safe.
How do I turn on lane keeping?
Press the steering-wheel button with the lane icon. A green lane symbol shows on the dashboard when it’s active.
Is it safe to keep driving with the tyre pressure light on?
Drive slowly to the nearest place where you can check the tyres. The recommended pressures are on the label inside the driver’s door.
The problem
Cloud voice assistants go quiet exactly where drivers need them: in tunnels, underground car parks and on rural roads. When a warning light comes on, the owner’s manual is in the glovebox and the answer is a few hundred pages away. Drivers guess, call the dealer, or ignore the warning.
Who uses it
Drivers and passengers, through the voice button on the steering wheel or the head-unit screen. Your connected-car and customer-experience teams own the content.
What you train it on
- Owner’s manuals
- Warning-light tables
- Feature guides per trim
- Quick-start cards
How it works on the device
- 1
Trained on your own manuals
Owner’s manuals, warning-light tables and feature guides for each model and trim become the assistant’s knowledge.
- 2
Compressed for the head unit
The model is fitted to the head unit’s chip and memory, so it answers in about a second with no network.
- 3
Updated over the air
When a manual changes or a new model year launches, the head unit downloads only what changed, on the schedule you set.
Why it runs on the device
Answers with no signal
The answer comes from the car itself, so tunnels and remote roads make no difference.
Private by design
What the driver asks stays in the car. Nothing is sent to a server to answer it.
No per-question cloud bill
Every car can ask as often as it likes without a cost per request.
Questions
No. Answers come from the model on the head unit. A connection is only used to download updates, when one is available.
Yes, in the languages you train it on. Many teams start with the languages of their main markets.
The driver or a dealer can flag it. The report reaches your content team, they fix the source, and the next version reaches every car.
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