Nowadays, with the improvement of the public's living standards, the public self-driving travel on holidays has become a new choice for the public. Camping with friends or spending a weekend with family is a great time to relax and reunite.
For me, a group of people, a car, and a walk-and-go trip can bring infinite fun to myself, and at the same time, I can control my time as I like, enjoy the sunshine and beautiful scenery more comfortably, and experience a natural tranquility.
But this seemingly romantic itinerary may not be so good in reality. Every unfamiliar exploration may encounter the wrong way, or be blocked to the point of losing your temper. Every long-distance drive may be accompanied by boredom and tedium. Fortunately, science and technology are advancing, and more and more intelligent configurations have quietly appeared in cars, which not only improves the convenience of driving, but also enhances driving safety and escorts our journey.
All these changes have to start with their own contact with HiCar. I have long heard that Huawei has strong intelligent capabilities, but I didn't expect that the intelligent experience brought by the car is full of surprises. HiCar is a travel solution that is intelligently interconnected between the car machine and the mobile phone, and compared with the ordinary car machine, the interactive experience of HiCar is more convenient and the functions that can be called are also richer. In short, HiCar can make cars as smart as Huawei phones.
Since the launch of HiCar 1.0 based on HarmonyOS 1.0 in 2019, it has undergone four major version updates. In August 2023, HiCar 4.0, based on HarmonyOS 4.0, realized the convergence of desktop functions for the first time through the opening of atomic capabilities, redefined the interconnection between mobile phones and vehicles, and shifted from mobile-centric to car-centric. Its release symbolizes that the interconnection of mobile phones and vehicles has entered a new stage, and will move from interconnection to mutual integration.
More than 500 models have been supported: Is your car machine HiCar?
In the past, the interconnection mode and experience of mobile phones and car machines were mainly screen projection, and some car machines could be touched through the car screen after screen projection, but they could still only be controlled based on the mobile phone system interface. This is reasonable in the state of insufficient capacity of the old generation of car machines, but it seems to be in line with the development trend of the new generation of intelligent car machines.
At present, the form of the car machine has developed to the intelligent cockpit, and the terminal needs a more integrated and collaborative way to promote the cockpit to be more intelligent, and the human-computer interaction is more concise and unified, rather than a simple projection.
When the mobile phone is connected to HiCar, it can not only achieve regular screen projection, but also regular touch. Its biggest advantage is that HiCar can interact with voice assistants and other functions, and supports the control of other devices in the system ecology based on the car machine. For example, consumers can watch movies and games on the car machine, and at the same time, they can also synchronize the music and map navigation on the mobile phone to the car machine without feeling, and experience the seamless "car machine" interconnection.
On August 1 this year, the "Mobile Phone-Car Interconnection Performance Experience Evaluation Report" released by the Intelligent Vehicle Connected Industry Ecological Alliance (ICCE) showed that according to the 5 major experience scenarios and 11 experience indicators that industry partners focus on, combined with the mainstream mobile phone-car interconnection solution, 6 cars were randomly selected for evaluation, and HiCar ranked first with a score of 96.63, surpassing Apple Carplay and Baidu Carlife+. Audio output and voice interaction have outstanding advantages.
On November 30 this year, at the 2023 China Automotive Software Conference, Huawei announced that HiCar has reached cooperation with 54 car companies to support 500+ models.
Four advantages: HiCar makes ordinary cars and machines reborn
The first is the non-inductive connection. In HiCar mode, the mobile phone is connected to the car machine without feeling, and it will automatically reconnect when you get into the car, and the operation is simple and easy to understand.
When a user connects to HiCar for the first time, the Bluetooth of the mobile phone needs to be kept turned on, and there is no need to download any App. When you approach the screen of the car machine, the link will be automatically initiated, enter the PIN code on the mobile phone (some models scan the code), and after completing the authorization confirmation, you can complete the volume connection.
After completing the first connection, you can connect without feeling when you enter the car, and you only need to keep Bluetooth on to get on the car, and the mobile phone and the car machine will be automatically connected, and the whole process experience is extremely convenient.
The second is an extremely rich application ecosystem. The mainstream application of mobile phones is fully on the car, realizing the integration of mobile phone and car machine interaction. Whether it's watching movies, playing games, or listening to music, you can directly realize it through the car machine, and the car is the mobile phone. With a larger screen and a more intuitive interactive experience, it creates a private space in the car that integrates self-driving travel and audio-visual entertainment for consumers.
In the latest HiCar 4.0, the converged desktop function is supported for the first time, which can be integrated with the in-vehicle system.
The so-called fusion desktop means to integrate the desktop of the car machine and the mobile phone, and integrate the mobile phone application into the car machine system. Unlike the traditional dominating screen desktop (the connected desktop occupies the screen of the car machine), only after the connected interface is turned off can operations such as car machine settings be carried out. From a functional point of view, the converged desktop has the following characteristics.
The first is the application integration display of the car machine App and the mobile phone App. When you open the app list after connecting to HiCar, you can see a HUAWEI HiCar tab, where all apps from your phone are displayed clearly and intuitively, just like the "native app" of your car.
The number and types of apps adapted to HiCar 4.0 are considerable, and the TOP100+ mainstream applications are on the car, basically covering the applications we usually use. Some app displays are also optimized for the car machine, such as video playback in full screen.
The massive number of applications on the car means that the computing power and communication capabilities of Huawei mobile phones can support the car and supplement the demand for car apps, so that users can not only enjoy mobile phone navigation, music, and phone calls, but also swipe Douyin, chat WeChat, watch videos, and play games on the car machine. You can even have a video conference in the car, video with your family, live stream your trip, and more. For example, when we are driving, we can broadcast live in real time along the way, share the scenery thousands of miles away, and shorten the distance with our families even if we go out.
The third is the smart travel experience. HiCar integrates a wealth of travel navigation functions. Lane-level navigation is provided by AutoNavi Map, which provides high-precision lane-level navigation. In the navigation process, the number of lanes, ground marking lines, entrances and exits, and special lanes of the current road are accurately displayed, so that the owner knows when and which lane and which exit should be driven out to avoid yaw or violations. In addition, the automatic cruise function can be used in the process of driving, through the cruising voice broadcast, lane abnormal reminder, emergency braking reminder of the front vehicle, and can also make early warning reminders when meeting the car in the blind spot of the fork road vision, which greatly improves the convenience and safety of travel.
Not only that, but in terms of interactive experience, HiCar is also unique. HiCar 4.0 also supports "Shake Navigation". When you want to go to the address displayed on the page of Meituan or Dianping App, or when you are on the way to an unfamiliar location, or the destination is inconvenient to enter, you only need to shake your mobile phone, and the address currently displayed in the app can be automatically transferred to the large screen of the car machine, and you can directly initiate navigation without any operation in the middle.
In addition, as the core function of the mobile phone car machine interconnection, HiCar 4.0 can realize the "mobile phone-car machine interconnection", the App displayed on the car screen and the account information of the App on the mobile phone are synchronized, and there is no need to log in again in the car machine, such as the collection location in the AutoNavi map, which is exactly the same as in the mobile phone. At present, the more popular traffic light reading function, as long as it is supported on the mobile phone, it can also be directly displayed on the car machine. These apps can be upgraded with the phone, so that the functions are often used and always new.
The fourth is the intelligent voice experience. During the driving process, the user can directly call Xiaoyi, and can query the weather, play music and other up to 100 voice command operations. During the voice broadcast, the user can interrupt and issue a new command at any time, which will not affect the execution of the previous command.
There are many cars on holidays and complex road conditions, driving safety can not be distracted, and voice operation is safer than lowering your head and tapping. After connecting to HiCar, users can call Xiaoyi by voice and broadcast the current weather at any time. You can also launch the music app with your voice to enjoy a more comfortable journey.
Self-driving travel artifact: with HiCar, there is no going back
In recent years, holiday self-driving travel has been popular, but it is difficult to get a good experience on the journey without a good intelligent car machine. HiCar can not only provide rich and convenient navigation and interactive functions, but also allow users to experience the intelligent interconnection between mobile phones and car machines with intuitive operation, making the journey easier and more exciting. In the interval between driving and resting, you need to pass the time when you encounter traffic jams, you can project the screen on the car machine through HiCar, and support the content of the mobile phone screen on the car machine to be enlarged in equal proportions and immerse yourself in watching the movie. You can also play mobile games on the car machine, and experience the fun of multiplayer games on a more comfortable large screen. At present, smartphones and automobiles have become the two terminals with the longest contact time in consumers' daily life. As Huawei's human-vehicle-home all-scenario smart interconnection solution, HiCar leverages the strong attributes of cars and Huawei phones and the multi-device interconnection capabilities to establish a pipeline between mobile phones and cars, extend mobile phone applications and services to cars, realize mobile-centric all-scenario experiences, and create smart travel experiences for consumers.
The biggest significance of HiCar is that it has built an intelligent communication bridge between the mobile phone and the car machine, so that the two can move from interconnection to mutual integration, so that ordinary car machines can also experience the most advanced intelligent experience, and realize that the mobile phone is the car and the car is the mobile phone. If you haven't experienced HiCar yet, you might as well give it a try.