Jaguar Land Rover mentioned it can combine geolocation program What3words into greater than 350,000 present automobiles to streamline in-vehicle navigation.

Solely automobiles with the Pivi Professional infotainment system will be capable to obtain the replace, and all new automobiles with the system will embody What3words. The Jaguar F-Kind, which makes use of a distinct infotainment system, might be excluded.

The replace, introduced Thursday, follows the corporate’s February launch of Amazon Alexa for practically 200,000 of its automobiles. In contrast to that rollout, What3words is not going to require a web-based pack subscription, mentioned Frankie Cowan, public relations supervisor for What3words.

The navigation software program had been beforehand carried out in a variety of new Land Rover automobiles that had been chosen “semi-randomly,” Cowan mentioned. The software program has been adopted by different manufacturers similar to Mercedes-Benz and Subaru, however Jaguar Land Rover would be the first to implement the system into automobiles already on the highway.

What3words goals to streamline in-vehicle navigation by changing road addresses with three phrases equivalent to the situation’s coordinates. For instance, 23 Park Avenue in New York Metropolis turns into “///sugar.laptop computer.sheep” within the system.

Jaguar Land Rover has mentioned the appliance will make it simpler for voice-activated gadgets to interpret locations and reduce widespread points with its automobiles’ present navigation applications.

“Voice entry of road addresses is riddled with error, as most programs have a tough time distinguishing numbers, road names and infrequently solely present a listing of most certainly matches somewhat than a exact vacation spot,” Jaguar Land Rover mentioned in a press release.

“What3words enhances the velocity and accuracy of automobile navigation programs by resolving points like duplicate addresses, pins dropped in the midst of buildings, and un-addressed places.”

The cellular model of the app has seen typically constructive suggestions on the Apple App Retailer and Google Play Retailer.

The replace will deploy by way of a software-over-the-air, or SOTA, methodology that JLR used for its Amazon Alexa replace. The corporate’s longtime navigation accomplice, Right here Applied sciences, will deal with integration.

“The partnership with What3words, enabled by Right here Applied sciences, additional highlights our world-leading SOTA functionality which permits us to supply providers which are at all times on and at all times linked,” Mark Carter, navigation supervisor at Jaguar Land Rover, mentioned within the assertion.