According to company data, there has been a 38% increase from January to November 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 and in terms of OnStar usage, so users spent more than 2.2 million hours on social networks.
GM announced that starting with the 2025 model year, all new vehicles will include standard OnStar features such as automatic crash responses, remote commands from mobile apps, and navigation and voice assistance. These features will be available at no additional cost for eight years on Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac brand vehicles, reflecting an effort to increase adoption of connected services
Among the three most used applications that OnStar identified were YouTube, Facebook and TikTok. Regarding audio streaming, users preferred Spotify and Apple Music. And in the field of social networks, the most popular were Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.
It should be said that Mexico is one of the most dynamic telecommunications markets in Latin America, it is at a key moment for the deployment of 5G networks. According to GSMA Intelligence, 12% of mobile connections in the region are expected to be 5G by 2025.
The connected car market could reach a value of $233.63 million by 2032, according to the consulting firm Insights Leader.
However, the accelerated growth of this technology also requires priority attention to cybersecurity to protect critical infrastructures such as those in the financial, energy and transportation sectors.
“Any device connected to the internet is prone to being attacked. In general, a criminal can intervene, without authorization, its ‘smart’ functionalities: data collection, exchange and processing,” says Josué Ariza, sales manager for BeyondTrust.
These interventions also allow attackers to move to other systems. The latter is very common, since they use these IoT devices as the weakest links to access other data, hence the cybersecurity approach that motorists must think about.
According to Ariza, it is more common to find vulnerabilities in different types of vehicles. These could allow remote tracking, detection and control without authorization.
“It has also been found that some vehicle manufacturers use third-party APIs (Application Programming Interface) instead of developing their own. All of this increases the likelihood of car hacking,” BeyondTrust points out.
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