What is Mercedes-Benz offering on the cloud?

PUNE, INDIA: Mercedes-Benz has launched cloud-based app for its S-, GL- ML-Class and all AMG models, equipped with command online system. The company had first launched the app with its E-class models.

The app offers the following features:

• Mercedes-Benz Radio: An exclusive Web radio with unique selection of music and content created exclusively for Mercedes-Benz owners.
• TuneIn Radio: Offers the ability to listen to radio stations and podcasts from around the world. TuneIn covers over 100,000 real radio stations and four million on-demand programs and podcasts.
• Weather: Customers can stay a step ahead of the weather by viewing a daily or a 5-day forecast for their current location or a location they specify. The Weather App also allows them to view a nationwide weather map and move the map to display weather to a specific location.
• News (Audio news with text-to-speech function): The News App with a news-reading function allows the customer to access on-the-go worldwide news. The one-click read out aloud (text–to–speech) feature allows you to listen to all the news as you drive without distraction of looking at the screen.
• RSS Newsfeeds: With RSS Reader Service, subscribers can scan headlines of news items to mark them for future reading or listen to full articles that can be read aloud to them while they are driving.
• HRS Hotel search: The app allows search and selection of accommodation according to various hotel categories, in the current location or at any specified location. Details like price and address of the hotels can be seen with the navigation option.
• Morningstar Finance (available only with CLS-Class): Customers can get global market data from Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research and services. Searches can be done for information from over 416,000 investment offerings including stocks, currencies and commodities. Customers can also create a Watch List to keep them on top of their financial game.

Mercedes-Benz said that these apps can be accessed via Internet data connectivity through a Bluetooth tethered smart phone including Apple iPhone, BlackBerry and Android or Windows-based smart phones.

Eberhard Kern, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, said, “We are confident that the Mercedes-Benz Apps will delight our customers and will not only be a standard offering for our new cars, but also for all our existing customers who have Command Online system in their cars. This reiterates our commitment of offering the best ownership experience for our customers”.