Huawei join forces with Baidu to revolutionize smart car navigation

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Baidu, often referred to as the "Google of China," and tech giant Huawei, are joining hands in what may be the industry’s groundbreaking partnership. The duo inked a cooperation agreement that promises to reshape the landscape of navigation, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and smart cockpit technologies.

Both Huawei division General Manager Jin Yongfu and Baidu Vice President Shang Guobin, attended the official signing event, only adding weight to this strategic move. This collaboration aims to enhance the navigation and travel experience by integrating Baidu Maps extensive features into Huawei's smart cockpit technology and it will undoubtedly influence the future of intelligent connected vehicles.

The list of Baidu Maps features coming to Huawei’s environment is quite comprehensive - we have full-scene voice interaction, lane-level navigation, instrument/Head-Up Display (HUD) navigation information display, personalized navigation voice packages, real-time parking navigation, and car-to-car connectivity. The idea of us having a full conversation with our cars is getting closer every day.

Baidu Maps also brings some intriguing features to the table, such as a traffic light countdown. This is not so different from what Audi has been offering on its cars for many years - a clever piece of software connecting to traffic lights and allowing the driver to ride the “green wave.” Baidu’s system apparently covers already 3,000 counties across China and it adds real-time parking navigation covering millions of parking lots.

Eventually, these map services will make their way into vehicles equipped with Huawei's smart cockpit, and Baidu's experience with self-driving taxis through the Apollo project in Beijing will come in handy in this collaboration.