LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota
announced today it will introduce Amazon Alexa, Amazon's
intelligent cloud based voice service, within select Toyota and
Lexus vehicles with Toyota Entune 3.0 App
Suite and Lexus Enform App Suite 2.0 in 2018.
Additional models will be available in 2019. This feature will
allow Toyota and Lexus customers in the
United States to interact with Alexa in the car.
Alexa can help customers with thousands of things and connects
to more than a thousand third-party smart home products for added
convenience and ease of use. With Alexa, customers can simply ask
for directions, control entertainment, get the news, add items to a
shopping list, control their smart home while on the road, and
more.
"Voice services are rapidly becoming more popular and through
our integration with Amazon Alexa, Toyota and Lexus customers will
soon be able to easily speak to Alexa in their cars while
on-the-go," said Zack Hicks, Senior
Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Toyota Motor North
America and Chief Executive Officer and President of Toyota
Connected.
"We're thrilled that Toyota and Lexus will bring Alexa to
customers on the road," said John Scumniotales, Head of Product for
Amazon Alexa Automotive. "Our vision for Alexa is that she should
be everywhere a customer might need her – at home, in the office,
on phones – and in cars. This integration means that customers can
interact with Alexa, virtually anywhere they drive."
Once Alexa is enabled, just ask her to do things like adjust
your smart home's temperature so it's comfortable when you get
there, add milk to your shopping list on your way to the store, or
listen to your audiobook from Audible.
Media Contacts:
TMNA Corporate Communications
Ming-Jou Chen
469-292-3799
ming-jou.chen@toyota.com
Russ Koble
469-292-4530
russ.koble@toyota.com
Brian Lyons
469-292-3573
brian.lyons@toyota.com
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building
vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota and
Lexus brands. Over the past 50 years, we've built
more than 30 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14
manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than
44,000 people (more than 34,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North
American dealerships (1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.8 million
cars and trucks (nearly 2.5 million in the U.S.) in 2015 – and
about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years
are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the
environment. As part of this commitment, we share the
company's extensive know-how garnered from building great cars and
trucks to help community organizations and other nonprofits expand
their ability to do good. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
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