Samsung Digital Cockpit 2022 teases revamped Bixby in the car at CES

Samsung brought its Digital Cockpit 2020 at CES to demonstrate its vision of a smart vehicle powered by 5G. The new cockpit was developed past Samsung and its subsidiary HARMAN International, and it'due south packed with technologies.

This includes facial recognition for biometric authentication, eight displays, 8 cameras, likewise every bit an Exynos Auto V9 SoC. Information technology besides features a "revamped Bixby in the motorcar" as well every bit Dex for vehicles, and the system runs Android 10, providing easy compatibility with Samsung's other devices.

Revamped Bixby in the car becomes smarter with 5G

Non unlike the 2019 concept, Samsung's new Digital Cockpit is capable of two-way connections with your home, role, and other places using 5G networking. For example, Bixby in the motorcar can leverage SmartThings to detect visitors at dwelling and notify the driver accordingly. Likewise, the revamped Bixby in the machine tin make various suggestions for other connected devices, ranging from home appliances to lights. It may suggest to plough on a sure device in your firm while you lot're on your way abode.

In addition, Bixby in the car has a Driver Monitoring System which can make suggestions to improve the commuter'due south mood. For case, it can observe whenever the driver is getting tired during a long-altitude drive and suggests means to gainsay fatigue, such as playing music. Bixby in the automobile can also actively monitor the vehicle's various components and parameters. It tin read engine oil levels provide alerts for when the auto might take to visit a maintenance store.

But car monitoring through Bixby is not new and it's not entirely clear if the revamped version can read additional parameters.

A closer await at the displays

Samsung's Digital Cockpit 2020 is filled with displays, as yous would expect. At that place'south a Center Information Display that can provide data such every bit tasks and schedules once the commuter is authenticated via facial recognition or a connected smartphone's fingerprint reader. The same panel provides admission to documents via Samsung DeX for vehicles.

Then there is the Front Display which offers navigation data. It features QLED Local Dimming technology and a split-screen mode for passengers.

Visual notifications and alerts are delivered through the Dashboard Display located under the aforementioned Front Display. Meanwhile, the Console Display offers a variety of settings for the vehicle and the infotainment system as a whole.

Interestingly enough, the 2 displays you see mounted in the back (on the forepart seat headrests) are non office of the Digital Cockpit 2020 per se. They are regular tablets that can be attached to the headrests past passengers. One time connected to the Digital Cockpit, these tablets can offer controls for in-car ambience lighting, the speakers, and air conditioning.

To make the feel that much more pleasant for passengers, the rear seats come with their own speakers embedded in the headrests. Passengers tin too connect multiple mobile devices to the Digital Cockpit, and unlike the 2019 Cockpit showcased more than recenly at IFA final twelvemonth, the new 2020 model handles all of these connections wirelessly.

Safe features and a bonkers microLED tail lite

Samsung'southward Digital Cockpit 2020 is enriched with a handful of safety features, the more striking of which is the large 53.7-inch microLED Tail Brandish. Funnily plenty, information technology isn't part of the cockpit itself and, instead, it runs across the back of the "motorcar." Information technology's powered by V2X (Vehicle to Everything) communication technology like to the 2019 concept, except it's now paired with a new Tail Display. It can provide information to other traffic participants and testify warnings for "route work alee" or "accident alee", for example.

As ane might expect, in that location are no conventional side mirrors in Samsung's vision, simply like there were no mirrors in the 2019 concept. Instead, the Digital Cockpit comes with two 7-inch displays on each side of the dashboard, acting equally digital mirrors powered past external cameras. Just there's more to information technology. The organization monitors the vehicle's surroundings (in areas adjustable by the driver) to assess the risk of accidents while parking or driving.

Finally, there'south the new Cabin Talk feature which allows drivers to talk to dorsum seat passengers without having to turn their heads. Samsung didn't go into many details but it likely leverages the interior microphones and speakers to do the flim-flam.

We might never see this verbal configuration of tech and interior blueprint in a commercial vehicle, simply Samsung'southward Digital Cockpit 2020 acts as a demonstration of what auto manufacturers tin achieve using Samsung and HARMAN technologies. It's also a demonstration of how the 5G era could alter the way we interact with our cars.