Garmin presents Unified Cabin 2025: Its most capable and personalized automotive domain controller to date

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Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) has unveiled its latest automotive infotainment solution, Unified Cabin™ 2025, at CES 2025, earning a CES Innovation Award. The system delivers a complete digital cockpit experience across four seating positions with six displays, including a new ultra-wide front display.

Key innovations include Generative AI for theme customization and personalized voice assistance, Ultra-Wide Band technology for Child Presence Detection and Device AutoLink, and Dynamic Zoned Audio allowing unique audio streams for each seat. The system features enhanced computer vision, augmented reality for blind spot detection, and new app and screen sharing capabilities.

Built on the Android Automotive Operating System, Unified Cabin 2025 operates from a single System on Chip, offering a scalable solution for both premium and mainline automotive brands. The system integrates with Tianma Microelectronics displays and Corning Gorilla Glass for automotive interiors.

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• Recognition as CES 2025 Innovation Award Honoree
• Expansion of product capabilities with six displays and multi-zone functionality
• Integration of advanced technologies (Generative AI, UWB, AR) enhancing product competitiveness
• Partnerships with major automotive manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Honda, Mercedes Benz

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• None.

Award-winning digital cockpit solution integrates new Generative AI theming, child presence detection, and zoned audio and video features—all from a single Garmin control module

OLATHE, Kan., Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) is unveiling its latest automotive infotainment and electronics solution for global automakers, Unified Cabin™ 2025, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES^®) in Las Vegas this week. Selected as a CES 2025 Innovation Award Honoree, the latest iteration of Unified Cabin delivers a complete digital cockpit experience to four seating positions and adds a new ultra-wide front display, bringing the total screen count to six.

Preview the Garmin Unified Cabin 2025 here.

"Garmin Unified Cabin has resonated strongly with global automakers because there is nothing else like it on the market today. This scalable solution can be customized to meet the needs of premium and mainline brands and includes a growing number of cabin electronics running off a single System on Chip. We have added many new and unique features to the Android Automotive Operating System and look forward to demonstrating these industry-first capabilities at CES 2025."
—Matt Munn, Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Garmin Automotive OEM

New features include:

• Enhanced Theming: All-new branded concepts set an industry standard for immersive, personalized Human Machine Interface (HMI) theming and can be downloaded and installed at run-time to all displays, including the instrument cluster. Changes to 3D models and scenery, as well as changes to cabin lighting in each zone, enhance the in-vehicle experience.
• AI Customization: Generative AI supports theme customization based on user input and enables a personalized Voice Assistant for every seat in the car. The AI Assistant is trained to know your vehicle and help you operate it.
• Child Presence Detection (CPD): Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology detects which seats are occupied and classifies them as a child or adult based on breathing patterns. CPD helps ensure a sleeping child is never forgotten in the backseat.
• Computer Vision and Augmented Reality: Enhanced views of both rear and front blind spots make intuitive use of the ultrawide display for an unparalleled level of situational awareness.
• Device AutoLink: Updated and cost-optimized, AutoLink uses UWB technology to automatically and intuitively connect your phone, headphones or game controller to whatever seat you choose.
• Dynamic Zoned Audio: Unique audio streams are distributed to each seat's headrest speakers or to Bluetooth™ headphones, giving each user their own audio and video experience.
• Interactive Home Page: A new user interface brings core Unified Cabin functions to an intuitive 3D exterior and interior model.
• App and Screen Sharing: New capabilities offer better shared entertainment experiences.
• Smartphone Control: New app lets your phone act as a remote control for any display.
• Six Displays Across Four Zones: incremental and upgraded automotive grade displays, including ultrawide format display, all provided by Tianma Microelectronics—with multi-display bonding to custom AutoGrade™2 Corning® Gorilla® Glass for automotive interiors provided by Corning Incorporated.  

Automakers and the media are invited to experience the latest technologies and features with a guided presentation of the Garmin Unified Cabin at CES Jan. 7-9 in the LVCC West Hall, Booth 3540.

"We continue to showcase our latest technologies and features with an all-in-one Unified Cabin prototype 'demo buck' because the Garmin story is always about smart, cost-effective integration. We don't just develop separate technologies, we develop them to work together as one integrated solution for a superior experience, lower cost and a product that is more than the sum of its parts."
—Craig Puder, Vice President of Garmin Automotive Engineering Solutions

Garmin Automotive OEM utilizes the company's long-standing expertise in user experience and hardware design from its automotive, avionics and marine segments to develop comprehensive infotainment and domain controller solutions. The company's geographically diverse and highly automated manufacturing capabilities support a broad range of in-vehicle electronic strategies for the automotive industry including intelligent video driving recorders and computing modules, as well as advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) functionality. With dedicated offices and production facilities throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, Garmin Automotive OEM provides a variety of hardware and software solutions to leading automobile manufacturers such as BMW Group, Ford, Honda, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Toyota, Geely, Kawasaki and Yamaha Motor.

Garmin Unified Cabin is a scalable portfolio of automotive OEM technologies and design innovations fully integrated into Garmin's Domain Controller with a single control module (SoC). Unified Cabin is built on the Android Automotive Operating System to support centralized control of the vehicle's systems. For more information, email our media team, connect with us on LinkedIn, or visit us online at garmin.com/aoem. 

About Garmin International, Inc.
Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin is a registered trademark, and Unified Cabin is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Notice on Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0001-411180). A copy of such Form 10-K is available at http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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FAQ

What new features does Garmin's Unified Cabin 2025 (GRMN) include?

Unified Cabin 2025 includes Generative AI theming, Child Presence Detection using UWB technology, Dynamic Zoned Audio, computer vision with augmented reality, Device AutoLink, and an ultra-wide front display, bringing the total to six displays.

Which automotive manufacturers are currently using Garmin's (GRMN) Unified Cabin technology?

Garmin's automotive solutions are used by major manufacturers including BMW Group, Ford, Honda, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Toyota, Geely, Kawasaki, and Yamaha Motor.

How does Garmin's (GRMN) Child Presence Detection feature work in Unified Cabin 2025?

The Child Presence Detection feature uses Ultra-Wide Band technology to detect seat occupancy and classifies occupants as child or adult based on breathing patterns, helping prevent children from being forgotten in the backseat.

What operating system does Garmin's (GRMN) Unified Cabin 2025 use?

Unified Cabin 2025 is built on the Android Automotive Operating System to support centralized control of the vehicle's systems through a single System on Chip.