Oberhausen, Germany, 8 January 2024 – ACCESS Europe GmbH announces that visitors to the TomTom booth at CES (booth #W3111-312) will see next-generation In-Vehicle Infotainment services powered by ACCESS Twine™ for Car (Twine4Car) running on the TomTom Digital Cockpit. The CES demonstration showcases the Twine4Car IVI automotive infotainment platform. It also highlights its car-centric app store. This demonstration is the outcome of a multi-year collaboration between ACCES and TomTom. Moreover, the goal is to offer advanced, fully OEM-branded in-car infotainment experiences that delight and inform drivers, enabling automotive OEMs to provide fresh and modern in-car experiences.
Discussing ACCESS and TomTom working together, ACCESS Europe’s CEO, Aono Masahiro, said: “The collaboration with TomTom seamlessly integrates our Twine4Car platform. It also incorporates our content offerings within TomTom Digital Cockpit Framework. This integration empowers automotive OEMs to provide their customers with the highest-quality entertainment services and car-centric applications. This includes a comprehensive range of global and local entertainment content, Games as well as apps and services for navigation, parking, charging, road toll payment, and various other POI functions.”
At CES 2024 we are demonstrating:
- Twine4Car White-labelled Automotive Appstore is integrated into TomTom Digital Framework. It offers a myriad of audio, video, social, utility, communication, and POI apps/services designed and adapted for in-car usage.
- The Twine4Car Appstore’s Games Center presenting top Casual, Hyper Casual, AAA+ Games curated for in-car usage.
- Demonstrate monetization use-cases that illustrate in-car payments for buying/subscribing to games.
“The car is a very specific environment, in which it’s critical that drivers and passengers are safe, comfortable and enjoy every journey,” said Paul Hesen, VP Automotive Product Management, TomTom. “Our collaboration with ACCESS ensures that the TomTom Digital Cockpit delivers amazing IVI experiences. This collaboration also strengthens the OEMs brand and relationships with drivers and passengers. ACCESS and TomTom work together to eliminate the inconvenience for automotive OEMs. They no longer have to source sub-systems and apps from potentially hundreds of vendors.”
Carmakers designed the world’s first open digital cockpit software platform, TomTom Digital Cockpit. It integrates users’ digital lives and car functions into the in-dash experience. The platform unifies passenger and driver displays, providing access to climate control, audio system, vehicle systems settings, and the latest apps and services. It is also operated through voice and touch.
By default it integrates with TomTom’s Maps, Navigation for Automotive and Electric Vehicle technology suite. The platform delivers a fully functioning user experience and offers a framework for efficient collaboration, continuous integration, and incremental improvement. Moreover, it is supported by a growing community of global and local partners and app developers.
Twine4Car enables automotive OEMs and Tier1s to provide flexible entertainment services including video, audio and games on the car head unit, RSE and BYOD. Twine4Car is a flexible In-Vehicle-Infotainment solution. It will also work in combination with multiple in-car OS’ including Android, Linux, and QNX-based systems. Twine4Car spans the gap between the automotive and the content industries. It does so through an extensive global content portfolio that provides awesome user experiences for drivers and passengers. The Twine4Car philosophy centers on the goal of offering automotive OEMs the simplest and most flexible route. Moreover, this route aims to deliver IVI experiences that delight and inform car users. At the same time, it builds stronger and deeper relationships with car users.
