Automotive Mobile Audio Video

Bluetooth SIG has announced that its Car Working Group has released a definition for how Bluetooth wireless technology will enable hands-free use of mobile phones in automobiles. These enhancements are part of the new hands-free profile and are expected to be adopted by the Bluetooth SIG membership. Prototype products using this specification are expected by the end of this year.

The Bluetooth SIG provides a forum for companies to work together using short-range wireless technologies to solve customer problems. In response to interest by the automotive industry, the Bluetooth SIG formed the Car Working Group in December of 1999. The hands-free profile is the first of several applications expected from the working group.

Using the new hands-free profile, products that implement the Bluetooth specification can facilitate automatic establishment of a connection between the car's hands-free system (typically part of its audio system) and a mobile phone the driver brings into the car. Bluetooth wireless products that incorporate these new enhancements will enable a seamless, virtually automatic interface between the car and wireless products.

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