Control basic vehicle functions with voice commands
Available on new Sportage and Tucson vehicles
Expanded vehicle models through upgrades
KT has launched a 'Home to Car' service that allows users to control their vehicles by voice from home.

Home-to-Car is a service that combines KT GiGA Genie's voice recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) technology with Hyundai and Kia Motors' connected car technology. You can control basic vehicle functions via voice commands, such as remote temperature setting, locking doors, turning on hazard lights or the horn, and charging electric vehicles (for EV models).

For example, if a Home-to-Car user says to the GiGA Genie terminal installed in the house, “Genie, set my car’s temperature to 20 degrees,” the vehicle will automatically start and adjust the interior temperature to standby for driving in the state desired by the driver.

The Home-to-Car service is available to subscribers of Hyundai Motor’s connected car service 'Blue Link' or Kia Motors’ connected car service 'UVO' after installing the 'KT GiGA Genie' app and the 'KT GiGA IoT Home Manager' app and completing the initial one-time linking process.

KT explained that customer convenience has been significantly improved with the Home-to-Car service, as the vehicle remote control service, which was previously only available through mobile applications, can now be used at home using only voice commands.

The Home-to-Car service is available on Kia Motors’ ‘Sportage The Bold,’ released in July, and Hyundai Motors’ ‘Tucson Facelift,’ scheduled for release in August, and is planned to be expanded to other models through regular upgrades by Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors in the future.

Kim Jun-geun, Head of KT GiGA IoT Business Group, stated, “Based on this collaboration with Hyundai and Kia Motors, KT has come to provide new customer services based on voice recognition and artificial intelligence technologies,” adding, “We plan to continuously expand new services in the connected car sector using KT’s ICT technologies and service capabilities, such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.”