Earlier this week, your team here at Jennings Volkswagen was thrilled to
learn that Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) would be offering features that
can be enabled and accessed through your all-new Apple Watch! VWoA announced
that sometime shortly, the Volkswagen brand’s telematics system, the VW Car-Net
platform, will now be compatible with the Apple Watch via a Car-Net app found
in the Apple app store. Keep reading to find out more about this great pairing!
With the Car-Net Apple Watch app, drivers will be able to
control several different functions and features that are available through the
Car-Net mobile app and Customer Web portal all with a touch at their wrist. The
app will allow drivers to keep an eye on their vehicles from afar; remote
unlocking and locking while also being able to view the status of the doors,
windows, and sunroof to see if they’re open or closed; a map of the vehicle’s
current location, which makes finding a parked vehicle a breeze while also
providing directions; and the ability to honk the horn and flash the lights.
The app also will allow drivers to stay attune to the fuel/charge level as well
as helping to set up and monitor speed and boundary alerts for different
drivers in the household. Abdallah Shanti, Executive Vice President and Group
Chief Information Officer for Region Americas, had this to say about the new
Apple Watch app:
These high-tech features, available through the Car-Net app
for Apple Watch, are paving the way to Volkswagen’s future of connected
vehicles. As a part of Volkswagen’s Digital Vehicle Management Platform, this
was a truly collaborative effort between our Technical Development and Group IT
teams.
Once the Car-Net for Apple Watch app is made available in
the App Store, it will be available on select 2014 VW models and all 2015 VW Golf
models that are equipped with the Car-Net platform. To learn more about this
great new Car-Net app, head on down to your Glenview Volkswagen dealers to
speak to a member of our team today!
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