Playing games／brushing Tik Tok／cooking TV series BYD DiLink car machine full experience

With the rise of new energy vehicles, automobiles have been endowed with many new capabilities. In addition to the revolutionary changes in power, intelligence has also become the focus of everyone’s development. Everyone is emphasizing the concept of "smart cockpit", but it is still a fantasy to do it overnight. At this stage, it is mainly to improve the car experience, of which the car system is the most commonly used and most direct.

Today we are going to talk about DiLink, the most mature and open intelligent car system on the market.

Let’s take BYD’s flagship Song Pro as an example, which is equipped with a 12.8-inch full touch screen. This screen integrates almost all the car functions and entertainment functions of BYD, so the physical buttons are directly cancelled. From the design point of view, the central control area is more refreshing and concise, and can be integrated with the design of the whole interior.

This car is developed based on Android system, with an 8-core 64-bit processor built in. The main frequency reaches 2.0GHz, and the performance score can reach 80,000+.Although it is different from many mobile phones, it is already a leader in the car system. Its performance is reflected in the extremely fast reaction speed of operation, and the application of various functions can be opened in seconds.

On the screen side, the resolution reaches 1920×1080, and the color of IPS material is accurate and the display effect is delicate. Even in the big sun, it can keep the brightness clear enough. Touch sensitive, multi-touch response is also very accurate. To ensure the user experience, the screen can be automatically rotated according to different applications.

(rotating screen)

From the hardware level, BYD DiLink car system is more than enough for daily use. So what about the performance of software? Let’s keep looking.

First of all, look at the UI design of this car machine. The whole interface adopts red and black color scheme by default, showing a sense of technology in a low key. The home page is the most commonly used car navigation, common applications, and multimedia control area.

On the lower left is the three donkey kong keys of Android system, including back, home page and multi-task switching, and on the right is the unique functions of this system, including screen switching, split screen operation and central control switch:

Main interface sliding

Above the function keys at the bottom of the screen is the air conditioning control area, which is briefly displayed in the home page state. Click to enter and you can perform more detailed operations:

Air conditioning settings

At the top is the commonly used information display and convenient operation control area. The information display includes the pop-up information of vehicle-mounted applications and the direction of energy, etc.

(Information display)

The convenient control area includes conventional network switches, seat ventilation and heating, etc.

(Quick operation)

Since it is a vehicle system, the vehicle settings are definitely indispensable. There is a vehicle settings button at the lower left of the home page. Click to enter and you can see all the settings about the vehicle.

The main options are vertically distributed on the left side, and the auxiliary functions are horizontally distributed on the right side. Through any two operations, the owner can quickly find the function he wants, and the learning cost is very low:

(Vehicle Settings)

In DiLink’s own functions, we also found some quite practical tools, including its own recorder and playback function:

(driving recorder)

And 360 panoramic vehicle images, which are very useful when reversing or observing the surrounding environment;

(Panoramic image)

Many people will have questions, why does BYD put an Android tablet in the car? On the one hand, BYD is a member of Anzhuo Open Source Alliance, and once had the business of mobile phone OEM, and has rich experience in developing Android system. Secondly, BYD also hopes to quickly expand the functions of its products with the help of the open Android ecosystem, and promote the developers to adapt to the car ecosystem.

(Apply Sliding)

Regarding this DiLink system, BYD claims that the platform is compatible with more than 4 million APPs and can be downloaded through the built-in app store or third-party store, which is an application ecosystem unmatched by other car systems. This allows consumers who are used to smart phones to have a completely seamless car experience on DiLink.

(Application Mall)

Take our experience this time, you can not only brush Tik Tok on DiLink:

(Tik Tok)

You can also use the video APP on DiLink to watch various variety shows:

(iqiyi)

You can download popular games such as eating chicken and the glory of the king, and come to the last game when you are waiting for someone to stop:

(the glory of the king)

Even directly open the JD.COM and shop directly on it:

(Shopping in JD.COM)

The addition of split screen function makes the use of multiple apps more convenient, for example, opening multiple browser windows at the same time:

(split screen demonstration)

If multiple applications are opened at the same time, you can also call out the multitasking button at the bottom of the screen to switch quickly:

(Task switching)

Considering that BYD’s touch screen integrates some physical buttons, a set of voice function is essential, which allows the driver to adjust some settings in the car more safely without leaving the steering wheel and the road.

DiLink can wake up BYD’s voice interactive system through "Hello, Xiao Di", which can easily identify many dialects, meet the actual needs of users in different parts of the country, and support voice operation of navigation, air conditioning, entertainment, telephone and skylight. After our test, the recognition rate of this voice system is as high as over 90%.

(voice navigation)

Finally, DiLink supports OTA upgrade. With the launch of the new version of the system, users can download updates directly online and keep the latest and most complete user experience at any time:

DiLink realizes high-traffic private line transmission through on-board Ethernet. Vehicles are equipped with SIM cards when they leave the factory, and there are fixed traffic packets every month, which can be charged as soon as they are used, and can also be connected to WiFi hotspots.

Easy-to-use vehicle system is not limited to in-vehicle operation. The power of DiLink also lies in its deeper binding with the mobile phone. With the cloud service APP on the mobile phone, you can remotely control the door lock state, remotely start the vehicle, turn on the air conditioner and even the seat ventilation/heating function:

Imagine that by remotely unlocking the car door, Song Pro can collect the express delivery, avoiding the pain of running around, and at the moment when the epidemic prevention and control is normalized, it is more reassuring; Turn on the air conditioner remotely, and you can adjust the temperature inside the car to be comfortable in advance in hot summer days, which makes your family feel considerate.

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BYD started with technology and manufactured electronic consumer goods. In 2003, it officially entered the field of car making. In recent years, its business has gradually extended to rail transit, with three-dimensional and diversified business. Such a gene has given BYD an innate sensitivity and confidence in electrification, electronicization and intelligence.

From the software point of view, BYD has 10 years of experience in Android ODM, and has been authorized by Android system and chip manufacturers. Yang Dongsheng, president of BYD Automotive New Technology Research Institute, believes that BYD has the ability to develop Android system that most car companies do not have. This is also the competitiveness of DiLink.

Having said that, the above functions are just the tip of the iceberg of DiLink intelligent central control system. To be precise, DiLink intelligent network connection system is a content service ecosystem independently developed by BYD based on advanced technologies such as intelligent hardware, car networking, cloud communication, information fusion, AI and big data, which includes four capability modules: Di platform, Di cloud, Di ecology and Di opening.

As for the security of the open system, there is no need to worry. DiLink includes a set of car networking security system that conforms to the national secret standards. Through the combination of software and hardware, cloud (server)+tube (data link)+terminal (car) multiple protection system, Trojan virus invasion, network attack, data acquisition/tampering, illegal access and so on can be effectively prevented.

No matter what we can see or can’t see, BYD has made great efforts in DiLink, which also makes DiLink a rare and real intelligent car system in its class. This alone is enough to attract BYD fans to pay for it.