{"id":206325,"date":"2022-11-10T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T08:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=206325"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:20:53","slug":"is-the-google-car-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/is-the-google-car-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Google car on the way?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple CarPlay and <a href=\"https:\/\/android-auto.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Android Auto<\/a> have brought the major tech players into our cars to offer us incredible utility when we are driving. They essentially turn our smartphones into our car navigation computers presenting us the apps we can use safely while driving as well as safely showing us any extra information that could help us plan our day. There have long been rumors that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/downloads\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a> was moving into the car manufacturing business but today we have news that Google might be moving in that direction too as <strong>French car manufacturer Renault has announced a partnership with Google<\/strong>. Here is what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/b03d4f44-9b32-11e6-9f73-00163ed833e7\/701678030\/google-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renault and Google have announced that they are building on a previous partnership<strong> to further integrate Google Cloud infrastructure into what the companies are calling a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/renault-group-and-google-accelerate-partnership-to-develop-the-vehicle-of-tomorrow-and-strengthen-renault-groups-digital-transformation-301671093.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> explaining the partnership, the company put forward that both companies will <strong>work together to develop a set of onboard and offboard components<\/strong>, which will facilitate the creation of <strong>new onboard in-car services<\/strong>. Luca de Meo, who is the CEO of the Renault Group said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cEquipped with a shared IT platform, continuous over-the-air updates, and streamlined access to car data, the SDV approach developed in partnership with Google will transform our vehicles to help serve future customers&#8217; needs [\u2026] our strategic partnership with Google will allow us to accelerate our end-to-end digital transformation, from the design of the car to its market launch through its production.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sundar Pichai who is the CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet also said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cToday&#8217;s announcement will help accelerate Renault Group&#8217;s digital transformation by bringing together our expertise in the cloud, AI, and Android to provide for a secure, highly-personalized experience that meets customers&#8217; evolving expectations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that <strong>Google is not looking to launch a car<\/strong> but rather that car manufacturers are increasingly turning to big tech to help them bring in the digital architecture needed to power their cars into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other Google news, did you know that the company is <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/articles\/google-password-replacing-passkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rolling out new password-replacing technology<\/a> in a bid to boost security for all Chrome users?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple CarPlay and Android Auto have brought the major tech players into our cars to offer us incredible utility when we are driving. They essentially turn our smartphones into our car navigation computers presenting us the apps we can use safely while driving as well as safely showing us any extra information that could help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/is-the-google-car-on-the-way\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is the Google car on the way?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":206331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2340],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-206325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322926,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206325\/revisions\/322926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206325"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=206325"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=206325"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=206325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}