Mercedes-Benz car voice assistant upgrade, China localization third-generation MBUX released this year

CTOnews.com, July 13 (Xinhua)-- Mercedes-Benz announced last night that it will launch a third-generation MBUX "mind-reading voice assistant" created by a "professional local R & D team" in 2023.

Mercedes-Benz says more than 3 million Mercedes-Benz owners have used a "mind-reading voice assistant", with 1 million monthly active users in June 2023.

Recently, Mercedes-Benz has reached a cooperation with domestic AI platform company Spitzer to jointly develop voice products specifically for the Chinese market.

According to Mercedes-Benz official introduction, the third generation of MBUX "mind-reading voice assistant" will have three major improvements, the CTOnews.com summary is as follows:

No more wake-up words, you can issue instructions directly; response speed is improved, wake up in 0.5 seconds, and most operations are performed in 1 second.

Users can enter multiple voice commands in succession, support 30 + functional services and 2000 + instruction categories, and can also play video on demand.

Support more vehicle control functions, such as intelligent parking assistance; add co-driver screen voice interaction

According to CTOnews.com, Mercedes-Benz has launched AI testing in the United States, using ChatGPT chat robots in some luxury models. Car owners can choose to join the test program through Mercedes apps or voice commands, and download ChatGPT functions wirelessly.

▲ source Mercedes-Benz official website