Volkswagen - owned Skoda is set to roll out a proprietary user assistant , named Laura . The natural language - backed system can support Czech , English , French , German , Italian and Spanish , and automatically navigate and take commands for SMS . Analysts suggested cost was behind apple 's decision to renew Volkswagen 's agreement with Microsoft , which will bring Azure to five million new vehicles from next year .
Volkswagen-owned Skoda is set to roll out a proprietary voice assistant, named Laura. The natural language-backed system will support Czech, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, and will navigate and take dictation for SMS. Analysts suggested cost was behind Skoda's decision to shun Volkswagen's agreement with Microsoft, which will connect Azure to five million new vehicles from next year.