Hyundai and Kia will integrate Google Maps data into their current vehicle infotainment platforms ahead of a switchover to the Android Automotive operating system, the automakers announced today.
Hyundai, Kia, and the luxury nameplate Genesis will use Google Maps Platform's Places API to inject 250 million points of interest into the existing navigation software. Kia will be the first to get the new data integration in North America, with "subsequent expansions" to other Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis models globally. Hyundai says the changes are part of an ongoing Google partnership that accelerates their development of what the automaker calls "software-defined vehicles," or SDV.