Harman has expanded its road-ready in-cabin technology range, with products available immediately for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) deployment.
Samsung Electronics’ automotive technology arm said it has introduced new offerings and updates across its “Ready” portfolio, car audio range and software-defined vehicle (SDV) tools.
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It is aimed at easing system integration and shortening development timelines for manufacturers.
Harman stated that the expanded portfolio is intended to support intelligent in-cabin features that can be updated throughout a vehicle’s lifecycle.
Its Ready solutions are already in use by global OEMs in vehicles on the road and in upcoming models.
The latest additions include a multi-source in-cabin audio and communications orchestrator, alongside upgrades to SDV tooling, personalisation, safety and visual systems, designed to work together across platforms.
Within SDV, the company highlighted Ready CQuence Loop, a cloud-native build, test, and validation environment.
It also highlighted Ready CQuence Run, a Type-1 automotive hypervisor that supports mixed-criticality isolation across more than 20 million electronic control units (ECUs).
Harman automotive division CEO and president Christian Sobottka said: “With our integrated product portfolio and advanced developer tools, we’re helping OEMs solve key challenges like integration complexity and lifecycle costs, so that they can deliver rapid, consumerfocused innovation across evolving vehicle platforms that bring their customers genuine delight behind the wheel.”
Updates were also announced to Harman’s over-the-air and commerce ecosystem, bringing together OTA, Smart Delta and the Ready Link Marketplace.
The company said the combined system supports fleet updates across more than 80 million vehicles and offers over 190 applications and features.
In audio and personalisation, Harman introduced Ready StreamShare, enabling up to four individual media zones using a Bluetooth hub and low-latency headphones.
Enhancements were also outlined for HALOsonic Electronic Sound Synthesis and AI-enabled audio features such as Genre Optimiser and Smart Bass Impact.
Safety and connectivity updates include Ready Care for driver and occupant monitoring, and Ready Connect telematics units supporting 4G, 5G and satellite networks.
Enhancements to Ready Aware include a machine learning (ML)-based Confidence Engine and emergency vehicle detection using acoustic sensing and Cerence AI.
On displays, Harman detailed upgrades to Ready Display using Samsung Neo QLED technology and to Ready Vision QVUE, its windshield display system with gaze-aware brightness and obstruction detection.
