Overview

• Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent, powered by Gemini models, will be integrated with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis to enable multimodal assistants that run on both the vehicle and the cloud.
• Prebuilt capabilities and an optimized reference architecture are intended to shorten development for use cases such as conversational navigation, media and entertainment, and vehicle controls.
• The companies position the solution as a secure, brand-owned platform that supports multimodal, multilingual and multi-intent interactions for automakers.
• This expansion builds on a collaboration dating to 2016 that has included embedded Android, AI-enabled cockpits with voice control and navigation, and Android Automotive OS efforts.
• Qualcomm underscored automotive momentum with extended partnerships at Valeo and BMW, the launch of Snapdragon Ride Pilot in the new iX3, and record Q3 automotive revenue of $984 million.