Toyota and Line to offer voice-controlled AI navigation next summer

CHIBA – Toyota Motor Corp. and messaging app provider Line Corp. said Monday they will offer an artificial intelligence platform featuring voice commands for navigation services in Toyota cars in Japan by next summer. The services will use Line's Clova (Cloud Virtual Assistant) Auto system, a cloud-based AI platform, which can understand voice commands and respond. The system will be connected to Toyota's in-vehicle device, they said. Toyota drivers can use such voice commands as "Tell me how to get to Tokyo Tower," or "Tell me traffic conditions on the Tomei Expressway," the companies said. Through voice commands inside cars, users can also turn off their lights at home, check the weather at their destination, send and receive messages, and make free calls via the Line app.