Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On August 24, SAIC Motor and OPPO, leading Chinese automobile group and smartphone maker, announced the launch of a software platform, which the duo named as the "eco-domain" designed to serve as a user-centric "vehicle-phone cross-terminal integrated solution", according to a post on SAIC Motor's WeChat account.
At the same time, the two companies signed an agreement to build an "eco-domain" joint laboratory, which will work on boosting the R&D and application of relevant technologies and products.
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For clarity, the "eco-domain" co-developed by the two parties is a service-oriented software platform riding on the intelligent vehicle, which is regarded as the "biggest" mobile IoT (Internet of Things) platform and the cutting-edge automotive electronic architecture, and integrating smart phones and other IoT terminals. The platform is designed to offer users an incessant and flexible service-based intelligent life experience through the interconnection among household life, commute, office works, and other scenarios.
The "eco-domain" deeply integrates the core capabilities of SAIC Z-ONE's Galaxy Full-stack Solution and OPPO's Pantanal smart cross-platform ecosystem, enabling a system-level architecture fusion, the sharing of software/hardware capabilities, the mutual trust of data applications and service ecosystem, as well as the multi-mode intelligent interaction.
Thanks to the extensive compatibility of underlying protocols, the "eco-domain" is able to detect and connect equipment, and support the establishment and expansion of a connected ecosystem in multiple aspects like data transmission, software/hardware frameworks, and standard formulation, so as to offer free access to facilities of different brands and models.
