News & Reviews:   Mercedes-Benz

This week's TechNave Business Bytes for Week 4 of March 2024 news highlights Malaysia's thriving tech scene and various initiatives aimed at propelling the country towards a digital future. From attracting international partnerships to empowering local businesses, Malaysia is making significant strides in the tech and innovation landscape.

It has been a while since Apple announces Spatial Audio, and it's now making its way to cars. However, not every model will get it, as only those select electric and luxury models from Mercedes-Benz are.

In the last few years, Huawei has been working hard to develop its HMS software. The company plans to use it on a variety of platforms and one of them would be vehicles. In fact, it has been confirmed that HMS will be used in a new luxury sedan.

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One of the key limitations for smartphone integration is that it usually has to be with a newer car. Apple's CarPlay for example is just limited to the latest batch. However, Mercedes-Benz was reported as saying that an "after market solution" or some sort of Apple CarPlay kit could soon be coming to older Mercedes-Benz cars by the end of 2014. Tech specs, features or other details have not been made available yet but we expect it to be something more than just a simple plug-and-play stand you can install yourself. So far, only Mercedes-Benz has come forward about this but we expect other car makers to come out with similar announcements soon.