FRANKFURT — Porsche stated it’s in talks with Google about integrating its software program into its automobile cockpit.

Talks about Google Automotive Providers are underway, CEO Oliver Blume stated on Monday after presenting the model’s full-year outcomes for 2022.

A supply informed Reuters in January that Porsche was weighing integrating Google’s software program, which might give prospects entry to Google functions similar to Google Maps and Google Assistant without having to attach the automobile to an Android telephone.

Blume stated Porsche can also be in talks with know-how companies in China about catering to that market.

Know-how corporations from Google to Apple and Amazon are in a race to manage automakers’ dashboards as software program turns into an integral a part of automobile design.

Normal Motors, Renault, Nissan and Ford are amongst automobile corporations that use embedded Google know-how of their autos through a Google Automotive Providers (GAS) bundle, providing Google Maps, Google Assistant and different functions.

Porsche has beforehand been reluctant to make use of Google software program as a result of Google requested for an excessive amount of information to be shared.