Yahoo! Maps introduces “Send to Car”
If you happen to be the proud owner of a shiny new Mercedes-Benz with Tele Aid, then you should be pleased to hear about our new Send to Car feature, which allows addresses and businesses found on Yahoo! Maps to be sent directly to your Mercedes-Benz vehicle through their new Search & Send program.
Starting today, a new ‘Send to Car’ link joins ‘Send to Phone’ and ‘Send by Email’ in the dropdown menu on Yahoo! Maps, and it’s super easy to use in two ways:
- Just enter an address or get driving directions on Yahoo! Maps as you normally would. Click the “Send to Car” link, and select which (if more than one) address or addresses you’d like to download to your vehicle. Edit the title of the address if you’re so inclined and finally, enter the email address of your car and hit send
- Or, you can send business information directly from their popup window when you use “Find a Business on the Map.” Search for businesses by keyword or by name, such as “dry cleaners” or “Pizzeria Uno” and click “Send to Car” on the in-map popup and follow the same instructions above.
Once in your vehicle, simply push the i-button, and the address information will be downloaded directly to your navigation system. You will be prompted to begin routing immediately, or save the address for later use.
One of the best uses for this feature is not only to send yourself addresses to use later, but to have friends and family send you addresses while you’re on the road when you need them, so you don’t have to worry about writing down information as you drive, or pull over to enter addresses yourself.
We were pleased to work with Mercedes-Benz as the first automobile manufacturer in our new Send to Car feature, and we think this new bridge between the comfort of your own keyboard and your in-car nav system is the best of both worlds.
Michael Lawless – Sr. Product Manager, Yahoo! Maps
September 9th, 2007 at 11:58 am
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September 11th, 2007 at 9:22 am
This is very cool! I wish this feature can soon become available in other cars.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:12 am
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September 12th, 2007 at 4:12 am
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September 12th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Can you use Yahoo Send to Car to send the directions to your mobile telephone also?
That would be great!
September 13th, 2007 at 4:32 am
[…] Yahoo! Maps a ajouté une nouveauté à ses services, Send to car, qui enverra les adresses et affaires qu’ils trouvent en Yahoo! Maps au véhicule. Pour pouvoir jouir du service, l’utilisateur devra posséder un véhicule Mercedes-Benz avec Télé Aid. […]
September 14th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
When will this be available on Lexus?
September 15th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
this is pretty cool, but what about an option that says ’send to gps’? That would be very useful.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:55 am
[…] Yahoo! Maps ha afegit una novetat als seus serveis, Send to car, que enviarà les adreces i negocis que es troben a Yahoo! Maps al vehicle. Per poder gaudir del servei, l’usuari haurà de posseir un vehicle Mercedes-Benz amb Tele-Aid. […]
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 pm
This needs to implemented to “Send to GPS” That would be great. I have a TomTom and use several utilities to gather and send info to it.
September 27th, 2007 at 2:04 am
I love the idea of making Yahoo Local more actionable.
How about the ability to make restaurant reservations from within Yahoo Local, at many thousands of restaurants throughout the country? That would be great for consumers and also great for Local restaurant advertisers, (CPA campaigns) That would be a lot more meaningful to Local restaurant advertisers than PPC campaigns, because they’re able to track conversions.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 am
This will probably not be available on any other car anytime soon, as it supposedly uses technology that is only available with Mercedes Benz Tele-Aid. So in order to use this feature, first you must have
1. A Mercedes Benz
2. Tele-Aid
3. A Tele-Aid Subscription (most likely with the “comfort & convience package which is an additional fee added onto the “basic service” fee.
At the estimated cost for these services of $125 a month, I think I will continue to input the info into my nav system manually- it’s not ALL that hard afterall!
This is HOWEVER a good idea for those people who are always fiddling with their nav system while driving- as Yahoo! Maps “Send It” keeps them from screwing around and causing accidents.
In order to see it on other cars, we need to stress to other automakers that we want to see telematics sytems on their cars. Mercedes, GM, and BMW have already crossed into this field with great success.