Abstract: Geely is proving that fuel vehicles below 200,000 yuan can also have a good intelligent experience
Text | Guo Yu
Edit | Lee Woo Yin
What kind of screen does a car have to be smart?
If it is said that having three screens of dashboard, central control screen and co-driver screen is the standard of intelligence, then the interaction between these three screens is an intelligent high-end.
High-end matching is exactly what the intelligent cockpit system Geely Galaxy OS is doing. At Baidu Apollo Park in Jiading, Shanghai, Caijing Automobile (ID: caijingqiche) experienced such operations.
When the central control screen is in the navigation interface, the three-finger left swipe can migrate the navigation interface to the dashboard; when the central control screen is in the multimedia entertainment interface, the three-finger right swipe can be shared to the co-driver screen, or the three-finger left swipe of the co-driver screen can be migrated back to the central control screen.
Nearly 1 meter long triple screen
Geely Galaxy OS Intelligent Cockpit System is the result of the cooperation between EGATON Technology, Baidu and Geely. Yijiatong provided its own mass production experience in the field of smart cockpits, Baidu provided its own Apollo navigation and voice underlying technology, and Geely provided a vehicle equipped with this system: Geely Xingyue L.
Different from the intelligence on electric vehicles, the Star-Etsu L is a fuel vehicle. Geely Xingyue L is a compact SUV launched in late July this year, with a 2.0TD+ four-wheel drive system, a large five-seat layout, the use of GEEA2.0 electrical and electronic architecture to provide more than 1300 body signals with more than 170 car control functions, as well as the powerful computing power provided by Qualcomm SnapdragonTM's third-generation automotive digital cockpit platform.
The blessing of technology and configuration, coupled with the price range of 137,200 to 185,200 yuan, made Xingyue L sought after by pragmatists as soon as it was listed, and sales exceeded 6,000 units within 10 days of listing.
Gilly Star Cross L
In July 2021, Geely Galaxy OS was officially launched. At present, Geely Galaxy OS has been updated to version 1.2, adding 49 intelligent experience upgrades such as quick cards, multiple modes of main and co-drivers, and overall interface simplicity. The Caijingqiche (ID: caijingqiche) experience is version 1.2.
In terms of screen interaction, in addition to the interaction between the three fingers to achieve screens, it can also achieve visible and controllable. The central control screen interface is rendered in 3D real-time, showing the situation inside the Xingyue L car. For example, graphics or text such as air conditioners displayed on the interface can be directly clicked to operate.
Off-screen, Baidu-enabled voice and navigation functions are also worth mentioning.
"Hello auspicious, I'm so cold." When Caijingqiche said this to the Hoshikoshi L equipped with the Geely Galaxy OS intelligent cockpit system, the feedback given by the car was to turn on the air conditioner and raise the temperature inside the car. Behind this is the ability of Galaxy OS to parse semantics.
In addition, the voice wake-up command can also be very accurate. For example, "Roll down the window by 10%" can be achieved by voice. However, it is not possible to adjust the seat by voice at this time.
In terms of navigation, Baidu Map's team travel function and vehicle restriction function are quite interesting. When more and more people are keen on self-driving trips and camping, and it is common for several people to travel together in several vehicles, it is necessary to create/join a team, share the destination of the team, and share the real-time location of the team members.
Specific to the main driver and co-driver, galaxy OS also has different mode features. The main driver has a geek mode and can perform wake-free word operation. The co-driver has a goddess mode, when the co-driver door is opened, the seat will automatically move back, the co-driver screen will show a pink background, with a crown pattern, and the voice of "little fairy exclusive seat" will sound in the car.
Frankly, Caijingqiche was a little disappointed after experiencing the co-driver's goddess mode, and it's hard not to suspect that this model is from a male product manager. The voice broadcast content and the pattern of the co-pilot screen more or less reflect the stereotype of straight men to women, and the aesthetic is not advanced enough. The function of moving the passenger seat backwards is indeed more practical, and it can be considered to be taken out alone.
"Most of the features and experience optimizations stem from the real needs of 40,000+ My Starbucks Rewards, for which we have communicated 20,000+ ... A demand, from user feedback, to the realization of functions, Geely Galaxy OS as soon as 2 months. ”
At the experience site, fan Fangshu, director of the intelligent automobile product business group of Yijiatong Technology, was still in his ears. Therefore, after experiencing the goddess mode of the co-driver in the car, Caijing Automobile (ID: caijingqiche) informed the relevant workers of his feelings.
With the acceleration of the process of car intelligence, the experience of the smart cockpit has become one of the key elements influencing consumers' car purchase decisions. Enough to respond to consumer opinions quickly enough to continuously iterate on their own products in order to get a piece of the pie in this intelligent race.
According to reports, around the first quarter of 2022, galaxy OS 1.3 version will be ushered in. It is expected that in the new version, the goddess mode can be more goddess.