Vivaldi browser is coming to your car, for some reason

Picture this: You're driving alongside and your passenger asks a query you do not know the reply to. Now, most individuals would pull out a smartphone and Google it, however not Vivaldi: the privacy-focused browser firm is placing its software program in vehicles.Through a partnership with Swedish electrical carmaker Polestar, Vivaldi will grow to be the primary browser obtainable on Android Automotive OS, beginning now in Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific, beating even Chrome to the punch.

"We have listened to our owner community, and it’s great that we could answer their desire for a browser with Vivaldi as a nice Christmas present," says Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO. "Now there is basically no limit to the web content you can explore in Polestar 2 – even some of your favourite streaming platforms."

Has science gone too far?

This is all properly and good till you take into account the basic strangeness of getting a totally succesful web browser in your automobile, a automobile that is largely meant to get you from A to B. Vivaldi says the browser can solely be used when parked, nevertheless it looks like it may very well be a temptation too far. According to Vivaldi CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, the partnership happened due to the synergies between Vivaldi and Polestar making sense. "We are really proud to introduce our browser to a car for the first time and specifically with a brand like Polestar. Our technological and sustainability ambitions are well aligned," he stated. "We value transparency, privacy, and responsible innovation – including the fact that we have our servers in Iceland, one of Polestar’s newest markets. Like Polestar, we are a challenger brand, and we take a Scandinavian approach to design, that is based on trust and listening to our users."