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CES 2025: SoundHound AI Debuts Its First Ever In-Vehicle Voice Assistant With On-The-Go Food Ordering
Full experience of SoundHound’s Voice Commerce Ecosystem will be available to try with a food ordering demo featuring favorite national restaurant chains.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFull experience of SoundHound’s Voice Commerce Ecosystem will be available to try with a food ordering demo featuring favorite national restaurant chains.\n\n\n SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today unveiled the first ever in-vehicle voice commerce platform with a demo at CES 2025. The platform, which allows drivers and passengers to order takeout for pick-up directly from the car’s infotainment system, will be showcased in SoundHound’s CES booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center (West Hall Level 1, Booth #4964, Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility).\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250107847181/en/\nCES attendees will be able to try the new groundbreaking AI software firsthand – with the ability to experiment with in-vehicle ordering from a range of restaurants integrated into SoundHound’s platform.\n\n\nHungry on the way home? Imagine finding the best new place for pizza en route, or maybe ordering from your favorite burrito or sub spot so it’s ready when you arrive – just by speaking directly to your vehicle. SoundHound’s advanced voice commerce ecosystem will allow drivers and passengers to place an order, make payments seamlessly, and then navigate to the nearest pick-up location, all directly from a car’s infotainment system completely hands-free.\n\n\nExample queries:\n\n\n\n\"Show me the closest MOD Pizza restaurants.”\n“I’d like to place an order from the first one to pick up.”\n\n\n\n\n“Navigate home.”\n“I’d like to order a burrito from the most convenient location on the way.”\n\n\n\n\n“Take me to my hotel.”\n“Find some Asian food to order for pickup within five miles of my hotel.”\n\n\n\n\n“I’d like to order a pepperoni pizza from a spot no more than 5 minutes off my route.”\n\n\n\nSoundHound is in talks with well-known automotive manufacturers to pilot this first-of-its-kind ordering channel which delivers voice transactions and next-level convenience to the digital cockpit. The company aims to launch its voice commerce ecosystem in collaboration with automakers and restaurant partners in 2025.\n\n\nRecent research found that a majority of drivers in the US and Europe would welcome this feature, with well over half saying they would use it regular...