Honda City Connected Car Tech Updated To Work With ‘Ok Google’ For Voice-enabled Features
Published On Jul 29, 2021 05:49 PM By Sonny for Honda City 2020-2023
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It also gets four new features for the Honda Connect suite
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Honda City is offered with connected car tech as standard.
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It now works with Google Assistant-enabled devices so users can use the prompt ‘Ok Google’.
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The fifth-gen Honda City gets 10 voice-enabled features.
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It also gets four new Honda Connect features: fuel log analysis, cost of maintenance, valet alert, and options for service products.
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The Honda City is a premium offering priced from Rs 10.99 lakh to Rs 14.94 lakh.
The fifth-gen Honda City is equipped with connected car tech that is compatible with Amazon’s digital assistant, Alexa, for voice commands. The model’s connected car tech has now been updated for compatibility with Google Assistant-enabled devices such as Android smartphones, Google Nest Speakers, and iOS smartphones too. So you can now use ten voice-enabled features on your Honda City with the prompt ‘Ok Google’.
The ten functions available via Google Assistant-enabled devices are detailed below:
| Feature |
Description |
Voice command example |
| Remote functions for AC, door locks |
Owner can remotely lock/unlock car doors, turn on/off the car’s AC to set cabin temperature (warm, normal, cool) |
Ok Google, ask Honda to turn on car’s AC and set temperature to cool |
| Car dashboard |
Informs owner of real-time vehicle status for door locks, lights, odometer reading, engine health, fuel status, and battery health |
Ok Google, ask Honda to check my car’s status |
| Find my car |
The car flashes the lights and beeps to be found by the owner |
Ok Google, ask Honda to find my car |
| Remote boot opening |
Opens the boot by voice command |
Ok Google, ask Honda to unlock my car’s boot |
| Indirect tyre deflation status |
Owner can check if any of the tyres have gone flat |
Ok Google, ask Honda to check the tyre status |
| Battery health status |
Tell car’s systems to check for issues with the battery |
Ok Google, ask Honda to tell me about battery health |
| Time fencing alert |
A mobile feature that generates alerts if car is accessed during the defined safety duration, can be toggled on/off |
Ok Google, ask Honda to turn on my car safety mode |
| Locate my car |
Owner can check the location of the car |
Ok Google, ask Honda to share my car’s location |
| Service features (history, check validity of PUC, RSA and insurance) |
Owner can check details of last three services: date, dealer, and amount. It can also check expiry dates of documents if they are updated on the Honda Connect app. |
Ok Google, ask Honda to share my car’s service history/ Ok Google, ask Honda what’s my pollution expiry date |
| Fuel status |
Owner can check fuel status of the car |
Ok Google, ask Honda to check my car’s fuel capacity |
Honda has also added four new features to the fifth-gen city as part of the Honda Connect package: fuel log analysis, cost of maintenance, enhanced options for service products, and valet alert. The fuel log analysis offers a graphical representation of information such as the user’s fuel filling trend, distance driven, fuel consumer, fuel cost, and cost per km. It is meant to help analyse the car’s real-world fuel economy as per the user’s driving. The second feature does as its name suggests and helps the owner track cost of vehicle services.
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Valet alert is a bit like geo-fencing but specific to the limits of valet parking so the owner gets alerted if the car leaves that area. The final addition to Honda Connect is a function that lets users avail Honda’s value added services via the app itself.
The fifth-gen Honda City is a premium offering equipped with connected car tech as standard. It is unclear whether existing owners will also get the benefits of these updates. It is offered in three trims with the choice of a petrol and a diesel engine. The City, which is priced between Rs 10.99 lakh and Rs 14.94 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi), rivals the likes of the Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, as well as the soon-to-be-replaced Skoda Rapid and Volkswagen Vento.
All prices, ex-showroom Delhi
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