CES 2015 Connected Car Panel: How 4G is Driving the Future of Driving!
Connected cars are more common than you think, these days. Whether through an integrated modem buried beneath the dash or a wireless link to a smartphone, an awful lot of the cars on dealership lots these days have some form of connectivity. But, that's just the beginning.
Those integrated connections are getting faster, and it won't be long before 4G LTE in the car is standard fare. Cars as rolling Wi-Fi hotspots? Sure, but that's just the beginning. How about a video feed from your car's security system sent to your phone if the alarm gets triggered? High-quality music streaming directly to the dashboard would be a natural fit, as would instant updates to traffic and maybe even streaming video for your passengers in the back seat.
There are plenty of exciting opportunities once your car gets a high-speed connection to the cloud, and plenty of very encouraging opportunities when cars start talking directly to each other. Vehicle-to-vehicle communications could warn you of everything from ice on the road to fog in the air instantly, and enhanced accident-avoidance enabled by these sorts of systems will absolutely save lives.
But when? How long is it going to take to get this kind of technology, and how much are we going to have to pay for it? This'll gonna revealing with industry experts at 1:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday, January 7, as we discuss driving in a connected future.
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