hello and welcome to episode 1 of the
glib tech reviews where I review
different software's and hardware
features of the modern world today I
would like to discuss and review some of
my favorite new technologies that could
be found in the modern automobile to
further better our lives so let's jump
right in
first on the list is the ability to
connect your smartphone apps directly to
your vehicle this is something very new
to the automotive world and I believe it
is something very interesting and
beneficial for example you can now
download an app that can lock and unlock
your doors straight from your phone or
an app that can check fuel levels or
tire pressure and even an app that can
start your car off from your smartphone
I think this is a very handy and I will
definitely look forward to using some of
these in the future next on the list is
the stolen vehicle tracker now this is a
very new software that is being
implemented and works by integrating
such software into the computers
infotainment system so infotainment
system is the little display that you
have in your car you may have already
seen similar technologies such as the
GM's
OnStar which automatically alerts the
authorities if there has been an
accident or some sort of emergency but
with this new software it would allow
law enforcement to locate the exact
location of a vehicle if the vehicle has
been reported stolen
and I personally believe that this is a
very promising technology and would
definitely help increase the number of
recoveries
so yeah moving on we have the quite
known apple carplay and android auto
systems which fortunately more and more
manufacturers are starting to implement
such system in their vehicles for those
of you who don't know what apple carplay
or Android auto systems are they
basically connect your smartphone and
almost mirrored the screen onto your
car's infotainment system this allows
for a more user-friendly view and access
to your favorite music navigation
messages phone calls and even your
phone's built-in voice controls actually
by the end of 2019 every manufacturer
promises to implement at least one of
the systems in their vehicle so either
apple carplay or Android auto so I'm
very much looking forward to that as I
believe these systems are great and have
come and very handy in the past next on
the list we have the adaptive cruise
control system which is basically a
driver assist software that takes your
normal average cruise control to the
next level how it works is with the use
of a bunch of sensors around your car
you can now not only set a specific
cruising speed but you will also be able
to detect cars in front of you and slow
down / speed up automatically at first I
found this feature to be a little bit
tough to trust as you are putting a lot
of control slush risk into the computers
hands but after a while of the low-speed
testing I was able to get more
comfortable with the idea and now I use
it and stop and go traffic all the time
in my opinion it is a very handy feature
and I cannot wait to see how this
feature will get developed in the future
you know self-driving cars wink wink
anyways now moving on we have the exit
warning lights which are used to protect
cyclists so what basically this new
feature is it is a bunch of flashing
bright lights whenever it detects the
cycling or some sort of moving object
approaching as you try to open your
doors and if you decide to ignore those
lights it will automatically lock the
doors for you
me personally never been a cyclist but I
always see on the news about cyclists
and car accidents and judging from what
my friend who cycles downtown very often
said that the scariest part of cycling
is hoping nobody opens the door on you I
honestly believe that this feature has
quite a lot of potential to save a lot
of cyclists from injuries so we'll see
all the statistics go up from that one
anyways next on the list we have the
rear cross-traffic alert system which is
a very handy system to help avoid
parking lot collisions and accidents
it's very similar to the adaptive cruise
control of the system uses a bunch of
sensors in the rear of your car it
detects any incoming vehicles
pedestrians and alerts the driver with a
series of beeps or even in some high-end
cars actually it could automatically
brake for you I myself am very thankful
for this feature because a lot of people
really just do not understand the simple
concept of checking their surroundings
so as long as the sensors function and
the drivers get alerted my car / myself
/ other people do you know I get hit so
now we got a couple more features here
left and before I continue I just want
to say thank you for anybody who has
made it this far and still listening I
really appreciate it so next on the list
we have the lane departure warning which
is another safety feature in modern cars
which with the use of several cameras on
the side of the car can alert the driver
when he or she has moved too far over
and
in their lane and even in the high-end
advanced vehicles it can steer your car
for you personally I've used this
feature before and I think it's a great
feature but because of how recent and
new it is it does it does have some
flaws for example when the car
automatically steers for you it doesn't
just gently move you in the middle of
the lane it kind of like just jerks your
car very aggressively and in result it
causes you to go towards the other Lane
and once again jerks you also the alerts
happen very late so you're practically
in the other Lane by the time the system
detects anything so once again a very
handy feature if it can be developed a
little bit further next we have the
automatic emergency braking feature
which like many of the previous features
uses a bunch of sensors to detect any
possible collisions and will apply the
brakes automatically so yeah although it
is another one of those features that
could be very hard to trust and rely on
I do think this feature could very well
avoid an accident or even save a life
and I believe that car manufacturers
hope to make this feature standard in
all cars by 2020 to really be looking
forward to seeing all those features
progresses and how they benefit the
normal average driver lastly on my list
is the 360-degree camera which isn't
exactly a new feature but has been
greatly improved up to now the way the
360 camera works is it uses a software
to combine a variety of cameras around
the car and it projects a 360 view on
your screen on your infotainment system
this is especially helpful for those
people who do not know the boundaries of
their cars or operate a large vehicle
such as an SUV or truck in fact nowadays
these cameras can also be used for
insurance purposes so I think this
feature could come in very handy and
wink wink for those of you who don't
know how to parallel park and as your
opportunity to learn quotation marks
learn so anyways that will be all for me
and my list of cool items you could find
in the vehicle in 2019
I hope everybody enjoyed the content and
got a little bit more inspired to go buy
a new car my name is Glib Zayarnyy and
this has been glib tech reviews and
thank you everybody for listening and
stay tuned for the next episode
