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Upgrade for MINI Connected – MINI gets even smarter and more digitally advanced. Launch of a new generation of personalised services.
Mon Feb 12 11:00:00 CET 2018 Informação à Imprensa
Munich. From March 2018, all new MINI models will be available with the option of a built-in 4G SIM card that will usher in a new era of connectivity. The new digital services it enables will be available in 43 markets worldwide following the launch of the new-generation MINI Connected. This will allow MINI drivers to access a digital world of personalised services designed to make day-to-day mobility and planning even easier.
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Munich. From March 2018, all new MINI models will be available with the option of a built-in 4G SIM card that will usher in a new era of connectivity. The new digital services it enables will be available in 43 markets worldwide following the launch of the new-generation MINI Connected. This will allow MINI drivers to access a digital world of personalised services designed to make day-to-day mobility and planning even easier – and, in so doing, integrate the MINI seamlessly into their digital lives.
The first models to be made available with this new and extensive connectivity capability are the new 3-door MINI, new 5-door MINI and new MINI Convertible. This means the existing features in the portfolio, such as Intelligent Emergency Call and Teleservices, will be joined by new services including the Concierge Service, Real Time Traffic Information with navigation map updates and MINI Online.
Update heralds the arrival of the latest digital services in
MINI models.
The optional 4G SIM card and an update
for the MINI Connected app will allow customers to access a variety of
new digital services from March 2018. These include Time-to-Leave
Notifications (push messages to assist punctual departure), Send to
Car (for importing destinations from a smartphone to the car), Remote
Services (e.g. for locking the car’s doors from a smartphone) and – in
electrified MINI models – a charging timer, charging station search
facility and personal efficiency status display.
The newly
available MINI Concierge Service provides an excellent source of
assistance while on the move. The Concierge can be contacted by
telephone around the clock to source information and address data for
the driver, research connections and offer practical tips during the
journey. The spread of connectivity facilities in the MINI is rounded
off by Apple CarPlay (already available).
The new MINI Connected services will be offered in a choice of three packages: Connected Media, Connected Navigation and Connected Navigation Plus. When used together with the MINI Connected app on a smartphone, they will open up access to a host of digital services both inside the car and beyond.
This makes MINI the first carmaker in the compact segment to offer such a wide spectrum of (digital) services.
The MINI Connected portfolio will be expanded in the following 43 countries from March: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Macao, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary, USA, United Arab Emirates.