Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) launched the Honda Connect, an intelligent automotive application based on advanced information platform. The launch of the new app celebrates HCIL’s 20th anniversary of the company which established itself in India in December 1995, and also its snowballing sales of more than 1 Mn units.
LtoR Katsushi Inoue, President & CEO, Honda Cars India Ltd. with Nirmal Kumar Minda CEO UNO Minda Group and Masayuki Mukai CEO Honda Access India at the Launch of Honda Connect app
Honda Connect provides convenient access to detailed information about Honda vehicles and other services. The owners car can be connected with their smartphones through the Connect app. The ‘Connected Car’ features, supported by the app gives Honda customers important information about their car even when they are not with it and grants sense of safety and security. The app has been developed by Minda i-Connect and is being offered at the Honda dealerships exclusively to all new customers of Honda Jazz, Honda City and Honda CR-V at an introductory price by Honda Access India Pvt. Ltd.
The features of the Honda Connect are as follows:
Convenience Features
Service Booking/ Alerts feature reminds the Honda owners about their vehicle’s maintenance, through push notifications of periodic service alerts, scheduling online service appointments. It also builds a detailed history of each maintenance action taken on the vehicle, including the visit date, dealer name and cost.
Utility Features
In the event that the customers find themselves in an unpleasant situation, the easily accessible Manual SOS feature will let the friends and family know their location. The ‘Pit Stops’ facilitates a nearest Honda dealer search and nearest fuel Station search on a real time basis with navigation assistance anywhere and anytime in country. The Document Wallet allows the customers to keep important document photos related to their car. A fuel log on the app records information of when the vehicle was refueled and shows fuel economy figures, based on the fuel filled and odometer reading.
Safety and sense of Security – Connected Car features(available only after installation of ‘Connected Device’)
A sensor inside the ‘Connected device’ measures the 3D orientation of the car and its inbuilt algorithm detects an impact possibly due to strong jerk, physical knock or collision. The Impact Alert feature activates Honda’s One2One to generate an assistance call where the Honda representative will try to get in touch with the customer so that help can be organized.
The app is also equipped with features like Trip analysis, My Car’s Health, Share My Location and also provides updates on new products and campaigns being offered by the carmaker. Users can give feedback directly to the company through the Connect app.
The Honda Connect application is available on iPhones with iOS 7.0 or above and all the devices with Android OS 4.1 or above. The app can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play. With the help of the Honda Connect app, the company is reinforcing their image as an advanced technology brand. Honda claims that innovative information platform will meet the evolving needs of today’s tech-savvy, always-connected consumers and assist them with all forms of Service and Utility support.