DETROIT – Normal Motors plans to develop its OnStar emergency companies from an in-vehicle function and phone-based app to a home-based 911 system for Amazon Alexa.

The Detroit automaker on Wednesday stated it is going to launch a brand new OnStar Guardian for Amazon’s in style voice assistant that permits subscribers to attach with OnStar emergency-certified advisors by saying, “Alexa, name for assist.”

Amazon Alexa doesn’t at present have an emergency service however clients can program an emergency contact for the machine to name.

For GM, the enlargement is a small step in its development technique to construct clients past automobile possession. The corporate is making an attempt to pivot itself into extra recurring income alternatives comparable to subscription companies like OnStar.

GM stated the brand new Alexa function will first launch for choose current OnStar clients in October, adopted by a broader roll out in 2022.

Pricing for the brand new function might be introduced at a later date, in line with GM. Its present OnStar Guardian app for Apple and Android smartphones is $15 a month. The app affords cellular crash response, restricted roadside help and 24/7 emergency companies.

GM at present supplies OnStar and related companies to 16 million clients within the U.S. and Canada. Of these, greater than 270,000 OnStar members have signed up for OnStar Guardian security companies.

– CNBC’s Annie Palmer contributed to this report.