[TusharK]

Land Rover has showcased what is claimed to be the first infotainment system with two embedded SIM cards at CES 2020.



According to Land Rover, the dual-SIM setup enhances connectivity. It enables the Pivi Pro system to install over-the-air updates while it's connected to apps and streaming music. The Software-Over-The-Air (SOTA) technology can run in the background using a designated LTE model and eSIM. Additionally, users can connect two mobile devices to the infotainment head unit at once using Bluetooth.



The Pivi Pro system is powered by two Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Am Automotive platforms, each with integrated Snapdragon X12 modem.

Land Rover claims that production versions will come with 16 electronic modules that can be updated anywhere using cloud-based technology from CloudCar. It also gets driver assistance systems developed with Bosch. These include a 3D surround camera.

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[GTO]

Originally Posted by TusharK

It enables the Pivi Pro system to install over-the-air updates while it's connected to apps and streaming music. The Software-Over-The-Air (SOTA) technology can run in the background using a designated LTE model and eSIM. Additionally, users can connect two mobile devices to the infotainment head unit at once using Bluetooth.

Another advantage = you can have two SIMs from different providers. E.g. my smartphone has a Vodafone SIM, while my laptop has an Airtel SIM. This ensures that no matter where in the country I am, I always have internet connectivity.

[CrAzY dRiVeR]

Originally Posted by GTO

Another advantage = you can have two SIMs from different providers.

True. I believe we have seen that most players even in India have been sticking to Vodafone (Hector, Venue & Seltos runs on Vodafone IIRC) - but their network is far from perfect in cities like Bangalore. Not that the competition is way better, but still!

Since the customers are generally not provided with the option of choosing their own network carrier, at least providing dual options would go a great deal in customer satisfaction. Good initiative from Land Rover!

As connectivity becomes more mainstream - we may even get the option to swap network carriers!

[Turbanator]

Sorry but I don’t think this particular model deserves accolades for having a particularly fancy or a different audio.

Hope they have preserved some of the off-road capabilities that this names carries. I understand that its a technology show, maybe they could have picked an electric vehicle or promoted the electronic 4*4 gadgetry used in this one.