Volvo designs a smartphone app to track parked cars

The Swedish automaker Volvo has launched a mobile application to let drivers remain firmly glued to their cars wherever they are parked in the city. You can now park your Volvo car in any place and go for shopping or a walk. Thanks to the Volvo’s mobile app, your smartphone will track every movement of the car. You can even lock and unlock the doors of your car using the smartphone.

Smartphone app for Volvo

The Volvo’s mobile application is available for both Google Android and Apple iPhone smartphones. According to the latest Volvo release, you can download the apps from the respective app stores free of cost. However, only car models that are going to be released in 2012 are going to be compatible with this mobile app. The Volvo mobile app is in fact an extension of the company’s Volvo On Call, a facility to immediately get connected with a call center in wake of any accident or emergency.

You can make use of this new application in your smart phone to locate the car, lock, and unlock its doors and to get alerted when the car’s alarm has gone off. The app will help your smartphone act as a dashboard and provides you with all updates about the car, like alert on fuel level, speed of the vehicle, and readings of odometer, and trip meter.

Information on complete car health check can be found on the app. It will show information such as brake fluid level and engine oil level. Basic information like registration number and chassis number is also available on this smartphone app that has been released from Volvo. See what the Volvo’s President Steve Jacoby has to say about the app.

We design cars around people's needs and lifestyle. Creating an intuitive driver's environment is part of our aim to offer a feeling of relaxed control. It is only logical that you should feel in command of your vehicle - even after you've parked it. The mobile application is the first step in our connectivity strategy. We have started to build a bridge to the future - and the mobile app will be extended with a range of possibilities.