GM Reveals 2013 Cadillac XTS Interior/CUE (Cadillac User Experience)

[FenwickHockey65]

Cadillac CUE: Intuitive and Connected Driving in 2012 Integrates interior design with industry-first control, command technologies
Link to Press Release

• Natural voice recognition, fewer buttons, larger icons, greater customization
• Central instrument panel features fully capacitive faceplate, vibrant 8-inch LCD touch screen with proximity sensing, multi-touch hand gestures
• 3.5 times more processing power than current systems

SAN DIEGO – Cadillac CUE, a comprehensive in-vehicle experience that merges intuitive design with auto industry-first controls and commands for information and entertainment data, will benefit consumers by offering personalized, connected driving beginning in 2012.
"CUE will transform personal transportation by simply and efficiently integrating luxury design and instinctive technology with unparalleled levels of customized in-vehicle connectivity," Don Butler, Vice President, Cadillac Marketing, announced at the CTIA Wireless Association's Enterprise and Applications conference.

CUE will debut in 2012 in the Cadillac XTS and ATS luxury sedans and SRX luxury crossover. CUE is designed to be unique for each consumer, from the "simple user" to the fully connected "super user."

"For the tech-savvy, it's everything you want it to be – a full suite of infotainment, navigation and communication tools that keeps you fully connected. For the tech-averse, its power is remarkably simple, intuitive and accessible," Butler said.
CUE which stands for Cadillac User Experience, will pair entertainment and information data from up to 10 Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices, USBs, SD cards and MP3 players with a vehicle infotainment system that reduces complexity through customized information, natural voice commands and fewer buttons and larger icons.

For example, most of today's luxury cars have around 20 buttons controlling the radio and entertainment functions. CUE reduces that to just four buttons.

"CUE doesn't replace your smartphone or your iPod™," said Micky Bly, executive director, Global Electric Systems, Infotainment and Electrification. "Rather it allows consumers to securely store those mobile devices and channeling the information on those devices, along with your navigation tools, weather maps with Doppler radar, AM/FM and XM radio, instant messages and emails, through a central portal in your Cadillac, keeping hands on the wheel and eyes on the road."

The heart of CUE is the 8-inch LCD touch screen, seamlessly integrated into the top of the central instrument panel and a motorized fully capacitive faceplate at the bottom concealing a 1.8L storage area. The vibrant LCD screen displays CUE's home page, which resembles a smart phone's screen by using large, easy-to-target icons to execute commands. Capacitive refers to using electrodes to sense the conductive properties of objects, such as a finger.

"CUE is a very elegant in-vehicle hub of all the information and entertainment in your life. All of CUE's controls use the same design vernacular to create a harmony unique to Cadillac," said Dave Lyon, executive director, Cadillac Interior Design. "Vibrant colors, a piano black face plate, precision-milled buttons, intuitive touch screen placement and sculpted front console provide a spacious, fashion-forward cabin."

To improve simplicity and connectivity for consumers, CUE will feature several auto industry firsts:

Proximity Sensing: As the user's hand approaches the LCD screen, command icons appear. Icons can be customized and arranged by consumers to improve ease of use.
Haptic Feedback: Buttons on the fully capacitive faceplate pulse when pressed to acknowledge the driver's commands and helps keep the driver's eyes on the road.

Multi-Touch Hand Gestures: interactive motions (tap, flick, swipe and spread) popularized by smartphones and tablets allow tasks on the LCD screen, such as scrolling lists, zooming maps and searching favorites to be easily accomplished.

12.3 in. LCD reconfigurable gauge cluster (on select models) offers four selectable displays – Simple, Enhanced, Balanced and Performance – that can mix traditional vehicle data such as a speedometer and fuel gauge with navigation, entertainment and 3D vehicle image.

Natural Speech Recognition lets consumers speak logically with fewer specific commands to recall stored media or input navigation destinations. CUE's text-to-speech feature will also allow consumers to receive text messages by system voice and to send recorded text messages in return.

Linux operating system, "open" software platform and ARM 11 3-core processor, each operating at 400 million of instructions (mips) per second. This hardware setup offers 3.5 times more processing power than current infotainment systems, and allow developers to write applications to CUE that be downloaded by consumers.

"It's processing speed and power that make CUE so capable," said Bly.

Connectivity, Control, Convenience

CUE development began in 2008 when Cadillac designers rode with 32 consumers for six months to study driver habits. Engineers and designers then used the data to develop CUE.
CUE's LCD screen features the driver's five most frequently used functions stored along the top of the screen. Along the bottom of the screen, users can select up to 60 favorites from music to points of interest, addresses, maps for weather or directions, phone numbers or system commands, such as "tag song."

Favorites can also be re-ordered and named to be easily recallable.

The steering wheel contains a five-way controller on the right side to navigate the cluster display, a volume control and buttons to cycle through favorites, while the five-way controller on the left side manages cruise control functions, voice recognition, phone hang-up and heated steering wheel.
CUE's customization and control features are further enhanced through OnStar's suite of safety, security and connectivity services , such as Turn-by-Turn navigation, Automatic Crash Notification, hands-free calling and the OnStar RemoteLink mobile application.

Key OnStar features are available through CUE's LCD screen, gauge cluster and steering wheel controls.

[FenwickHockey65]

I don't even care that it's FWD based anymore. That interior is simply outstanding.

XTS will be a hit.

[liquidsmoke]

Now this is what I'm talking about. I want this in my camaro like yesterday.

GM honestly I didn't think you had it in you. Glad to be proven wrong.

Only thing I can say now is please don't be jackasses and not put this in a future camaro.




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[its a syn]

Very nice, but seems like more distractions so they can rear end my Camaro!!!

[Indpowr]

I am a little confused what GM is releasing so much 2013 info so soon. That is unlike them...lol bring on the C7

[FenwickHockey65]

Holy hell.

http://jalopnik.com/5848877/cue-the-...ainment-system

Watch the video.

That is how you build a luxury user interface right there.

[liquidsmoke]

Thanks for the video. I have a permagrin on my face right now.
FINALLY some one is doing this the right way. I just didn't think it would be GM.

I've wanted the gauges to be replaced with one LCD screen for a long time now so It can open the doors and say hello to awesome.

I just hope this isn't a caddy only thing.

[jagowar]

I wonder if all that stuff will make it to the ats (supposed to be getting the cue system as well).... will also be interested to see how much they charge for this.... you know it won't be cheap with 2 screens like that.

[FenwickHockey65]

Ah, but it's a Cadillac.

[Blue Maro Demon]

GM is on a roll right now look at what all they have unveiled this past week- 2013 Camaro ZL1 Convertible, next-gen Colorado Truck, This awesome new XTS Cadillac! GM will have the BEST interiors in the market very very soon like from here on out! They are commited to making the new C7 Corvettes interior to look stunning they said thats one of the main things their looking at is taking the interior to super car level like of Ferraris and the like of European cars. The Camaros interior is evolving and getting better as well and I would suspect the 6th Gen Camaro to have one of the BEST car interiors in a long time along with the new C7 Vette.

[liquidsmoke]

another video link with a guy demoing it.



and the original video from jalopnik

[Kyle2k]

This will be in the ATS correct?

[Txmxracer]

Wow that is awesome!

[hot_rod]

^^^ +1 ....Yep, That's impressive!