Hyundai to Demonstrate Blue Link Smart Watch App at CES

With smart watch sales "skyrocketing," Hyundai owners soon will be able to connect with their cars using the wearable devices and the Hyundai Blue Link smart watch app, the carmaker said Friday. Hyundai's cloud-based Blue Link platform allows features like remote start and service information to be quickly accessed through devices like smart watches and smartphones, it said. Hyundai partnered with Station Digital Media to develop the Blue Link smart watch app and will demonstrate it at CES, it said. "This new app expands Hyundai's exploration into how wearable technology and Blue Link fit into a customer's lifestyle," it said. "Connecting to your car through a smart watch and voice recognition was previously something seen only in science fiction movies." To use the app, the smart watch wearer taps an icon or uses voice commands to execute remote functions, it said. The app allows Hyundai owners to remote start, lock and unlock doors as well as find their car in a crowded parking lot, it said. The app must be paired via Bluetooth to a smartphone that has the Blue Link mobile app installed, it said. At CES, Hyundai will demo the app on Motorola, LG, Samsung and Sony smart watches, it said. Android Wear users will be able to download the free app from Google Play starting this quarter, it said.