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HARMAN Ready Upgrade Domain Controller

Ready now and designed to help OEMs continuously deliver new features and services throughout the life of a vehicle, HARMAN Ready Upgrade brings modern consumer experiences at automotive grade to life.
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Reimaging the vehicle for the modern consumer

Unmatched Time to Market
Reduced development cost with production ready and pre-certified in-vehicle entertainment domain controllers and software.
Future Proofed
Smarter hardware and software that works across model years, vehicle lines and evolves for market demands and next-gen vehicles.
Industry Transformation
Gain electronic-like upgrade cycles and iterate faster to deliver new features and services to customers even after the initial purchase.
Maximized Differentiation
Leverage an extensive ecosystem of compatible hardware and software to create brand differentiation and enhance user experiences.
HARMAN Ready Upgrade helps OEMs reduce long development cycles and high costs by providing turnkey infotainment domain controllers with a suite of software tools. This combination of production-ready hardware and pre-validated software enables rapid development, minimizing needs for additional resources. Ready Upgrade significantly lowers costs with reusability and upgradeability across vehicle lines and future generations.
HARMAN Ready Upgrade
Production Ready Domain Controllers
  • Pre-certified and homologated in-vehicle entertainment domain controllers   
  • Three variants built to meet specific market segment needs   
  • Forward and backward compatibility between generations   





Hardware & Software Upgradability
  • ​In​-field OTA update capabilities to deploy updates and launch new features 
  • ​Regular cadence of next-gen hardware availability and consistent software updates by HARMAN Automotive regularly 
  • Integration with the HARMAN Ignite store for consumer access to large catalogue of automotive grade applications adapted to vehicles use  



Cloud Enabled Automotive Software
  • Readily available and standardized ECU and vehicle interfaces that maximize reuse amongst vehicle lines  
  • Reference applications that OEMs can modify based on their HMI  
  • Developer tools that allow for brand differentiation ​


Integrated Hardware Enablers & Accessories
  • Family of pre-certified hardware including Compute SIP, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules 
  • Remote tuner model, satellite capabilities, and amplifier support with reference applications.

Production Ready Domain Controllers
  • Pre-certified and homologated in-vehicle entertainment domain controllers   
  • Three variants built to meet specific market segment needs   
  • Forward and backward compatibility between generations   





Hardware & Software Upgradability
  • ​In​-field OTA update capabilities to deploy updates and launch new features 
  • ​Regular cadence of next-gen hardware availability and consistent software updates by HARMAN Automotive regularly 
  • Integration with the HARMAN Ignite store for consumer access to large catalogue of automotive grade applications adapted to vehicles use  



Cloud Enabled Automotive Software
  • Readily available and standardized ECU and vehicle interfaces that maximize reuse amongst vehicle lines  
  • Reference applications that OEMs can modify based on their HMI  
  • Developer tools that allow for brand differentiation ​


Integrated Hardware Enablers & Accessories
  • Family of pre-certified hardware including Compute SIP, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules 
  • Remote tuner model, satellite capabilities, and amplifier support with reference applications.

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