Kia Software Update Adds SoundCloud & Enhances EV Route Planner

Kia vehicles from the model year 2022 onwards are eligible to get over-the-air (OTA) updates. The latest batch of software updates available includes 153 changes, with music streaming service SoundCloud, enhancements to the EV Route Planner and new voice commands all added.

Using the Kia Connect App, customers can benefit from a range of digital features and services from the Kia Connect Store.

SoundCloud is a leading music streaming service offering more than 375 million tracks from 40 million artists. 

It joins Amazon Music in Kia vehicles  – now supported by voice recognition – as the second method for music streaming.

The Kia EV Route Planner enables the vehicle's navigation system to detect charging stations along the route and add them as waypoints automatically. 

It can also now automatically add charging stations to the route if the set destination cannot be reached with the vehicle's current charging level, resulting in faster route calculation. 

 Sjoerd Knipping, Vice President of Marketing and Product at Kia Europe and Managing Director of Kia Connect, says: "The array of intelligent changes available in this latest update is strong proof that over-the-air updates deliver significant improvements that enable the vehicle to get better throughout the ownership experience. At Kia, we are always looking at ways to make our vehicles better, and our customers now get to enjoy these improvements several times a year, without having to do anything."

Kia Europe, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, employs in total over 5,500 employees from 40 nationalities in 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus.