Mercedes companions with Glympse, adds area -sharing tech to A- Course

The new Mercedes-Benz A- Course carries on to pack in the most current infotainment tech. This time it truly is in-dash integration of the location -sharing service, Glympse. Mercedes and Glympse declared their new partnership this week at the Detroit Telematics Meeting.

Commonly identified on smartphones, Glympse permits a user to select individuals with whom to share his or her location. Those individuals can then see wherever the consumer is on an interactive map that is shown on both a website browser or the totally free smartphone Glympse app. The hallmark characteristic of Glympse is that end users set a timer for how long their area will be shared, assisting to guarantee privacy soon after reaching their vacation spot.

I've utilized Glympse ahead of to monitor the progress of inbound family on the interstate and identified it to be useful in predicaments that demand a traveling get together be punctual. Though it can be flawlessly usable in the vehicle nowadays just by launching the Glympse app on your smartphone, this partnership with Mercedes marks the initial time that the services will be built-in directly into the automobile. Sad to say, that car or truck is the new A- Class, which will very first kick off in Europe in advance of coming to the U.S. If received effectively by prospects, Glympse could turn into as prevalent an in- car or truck app as some others like Pandora are these days.