NIO Enhances In-Car Entertainment with Cinemo

NIO has partnered with Cinemo to integrate premium in-car entertainment into its electric vehicles. This collaboration offers NIO users in Europe a home-entertainment-grade experience with access to their favorite streaming services through Cinemo’s advanced multimedia technology.

Key Highlights:

  • Cinemo’s Integration: Cinemo, a leader in multimedia solutions, powers NIO’s in-car entertainment system, enhancing the user experience with high-quality media playback, streaming, and connectivity.
  • Model Range: The new entertainment features are available in NIO’s ET7, EL7, ET5, ET5 Touring, EL6, and EL8 models in Europe.
  • User Experience: NIO users can effortlessly watch movies and TV shows from the vehicle’s center display, thanks to Cinemo’s CARS Online Video technology.
  • Continuous Updates: NIO’s SOTA and FOTA updates ensure that new features and improvements are regularly added to the entertainment system.
  • Safety and Customization: Cinemo CARS™ products support Android Car User Experience Restrictions to ensure safety while driving and offer customizable applications for a rich multimedia experience.

With the launch of the ET7, EL7, ET5, ET5 Touring, EL6, and EL8 models in Europe, NIO is setting new standards for in-car entertainment. Cinemo’s CARS Online Video transforms journeys into memorable digital experiences, enabling passengers to enjoy movies and TV series from the comfort of their electric vehicles.

NIO’s entertainment system, accessible from the vehicle’s center display, offers seamless access to digital media. The system benefits from NIO’s software-over-the-air (SOTA) and firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updates, which automatically introduce new features and enhancements, ensuring users always have the latest functionalities.

The Cinemo CARS™ product portfolio is specifically chosen by NIO for its exceptional entertainment capabilities. These products are designed for easy integration and rapid market deployment. They enrich the Android Automotive Operating System with complete, customizable applications suitable for various scenarios, such as multi-screen viewing, premium video-on-demand, and immersive audio. To ensure safety while driving, Cinemo CARS™ products comply with Android Car User Experience Restrictions.

Quotes from Leaders: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Cinemo to provide our users with best-in-class video-on-demand experiences,” says Benjamin Steinmetz, Product Experience Director at NIO. “The support from the Cinemo team has been instrumental in achieving our vision to take NIO’s digital multimedia experience to the next level. Using Cinemo’s suite of advanced multimedia solutions ensures we can always provide our users with the latest in-vehicle digital media experiences.”

Elif Ede, VP Strategy at Cinemo, adds: “We are passionate to deliver groundbreaking innovations to create future-ready infotainment solutions that not only deliver a premium experience today, but which are also primed for the next wave of in-vehicle innovation. We are excited to bring home-entertainment-like experiences to NIO users.”

About NIO Inc.:

NIO Inc., founded in November 2014, is a pioneer in the premium smart electric vehicle market. NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle, creating a community that shares joy and grows together with users through smart electric vehicles. NIO is known for its innovations in autonomous driving, digital technologies, electric powertrains, and battery technologies, including industry-leading battery swapping and autonomous driving services.

About Cinemo:

Cinemo is a global provider of innovative infotainment products, offering high-performance digital media solutions across various platforms. Established in 2008, Cinemo collaborates with over 40 market-leading OEMs and 20 tier-1 suppliers, delivering groundbreaking multimedia experiences and accelerating time to market for its clients.

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