BMW teams up with Samsung, slaves your Beamer to your Samsung tablet

Riddle me this, dear reader: when is a car no longer a 1.5-ton machine? When it becomes an accessory to a 1-lb tablet, perhaps?The common motif at CES 2015 this year is the highlighting of the Internet of Things (IoT) and how all of our physical possessions can be controlled by one another with the user at the helm. Talk Android reported yesterday about Viber’s new Android Wear app that will allow consumers to start their vehicles, lock and unlock the doors, and track their automobiles via GPS from their smart watch (of course, so long as the car has Viber’s SmartStart 4.0 installed).So what will BMW’s Touch Command bring to the masses? Keep reading after the break for more information. Samsung and BMW are wanting to step it up a notch and bring your Beamer totally under the purview of your Samsung tablet. The partnership will bring features like those mentioned above, as well as the ability to control many aspects of your vehicle’s comfort systems. Climate control, music volume, panini press, and seat adjustments are all discussed as controllable features from BMW’s Touch Command app on your Sammy tablet.Personally, I find myself a little bit concerned on the matter of driver distraction with this product. Perhaps they’ll address that issue between now and when BMW and Samsung release Touch Command? So far, they’ve both been silent about when it would arrive to the market.Click here for more of Talk Android’s continuing coverage of CES 2015.
Source: Engadget
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