The Qt Company & HARMAN enter partner agreement

24th February 2016

The Qt company

Jordan Mulcare

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The Qt Company has announced that HARMAN has joined the Qt Partner Programme. The announcement was made at the opening of this year’s Embedded World Exhibition & Conference. Based on the agreement, Qt will provide HARMAN with leading technology that allows HARMAN to shorten its innovation cycle and adapt to the evolving needs of well-established automotive solution providers. In addition, the two companies will enter into joint marketing and business programmes.

“This agreement builds on a long history of working with Qt and formalises our relationship to jointly offer OEMs and Tier 1s an IVI solution with a compelling and engaging user experience that leverages a range of devices and services allowing drivers to extend their work- and home-lives into their vehicle. Partnering with Qt, a company known for premium entertainment, safe infotainment and new service innovations for the automotive industry, allows us to create stunning, highly-performing and quickly adaptable In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) user interfaces,” said Andrew Till, Vice President, technology, partnerships and new solutions, HARMAN Connected Services.

According to Petteri Holländer, Head of Product Management, The Qt Company: “When building IVI systems, having proven, flexible and efficient technology and tooling is the key for achieving both world-class user experiences and developer productivity. Qt is best positioned to be the UI solution used in automotive IVI’s, clusters and Head-Up Displays (HUDs). We are looking forward to working with industry leader, HARMAN in helping roll out Qt to a variety of upcoming car models.”

The announcement of the collaboration between the two companies on the first day of Embedded World 2016 reflects the growing and evolving opportunities associated with the automotive industry, proved also by the significant number of exhibitors at the show operating in this market segment.