Owners Manual Fan, Too Bad, App To Replace Trusty Printed Owner's Manual

AUTO NEWS IN CONTEXT: Hyundai Virtual Guide By Thom Cannell

Washington DC February 16, 2016; The AIADA newsletter reported that as in-car features and technology have exploded in recent years, so too has the humble owner's manual, reports WardsAuto. Hyundai, realizing fewer people than ever want to tackle such a beast when searching for answers on how to perform a specific function, has in recent years been looking toward a world without a physical manual.

With the launch of the Equus luxury sedan in 2010, the car's owner's manual also was available as an Apple app. In 2014, Hyundai duplicated the owner's manual and made it accessible via a vehicle's touchscreen. Now the U.S. arm of the automaker has released a new Virtual Guide update to its free car-care smartphone and tablet app.

Available now for the car-care apps for the '15 and '16 Sonata sedan, the Virtual Guide has three key features, all intended to make accessing how-do-I-do-this-in-my-car? information easier to find. "From an owner's perspective we want to give them the information they need quickly," Arthur Morin, Hyundai's manager of connected-car technology and owner apps, tells WardsAuto. "Most owners live and breathe through their smartphone device, (and a) lot of people want their glovebox space – and owner's manuals are like 400 pages."

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