Referring to connected vehicles as ‘smartphones on wheels’ has quickly turned from a descriptive analogy to a common cliche. However, the phrase is not entirely without merit. Their use of over-the-air (OTA) updates is a case in point. In a software-dominated automotive industry, the hope is that these updates will allow automakers to remotely fix issues and introduce new functionality to their products on the fly.
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However, automotive OTA is still in its infancy, and it is unclear exactly how OEMs will look to deploy their updates and what will be their main purpose.
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