Phone-to-Car Playbook

<p>The automobile has entered a new era-not one defined by cylinders or horsepower but by screens apps and software updates. Phone-to-Car Playbook tells the story of how Huawei Xiaomi and Sony Honda Mobility's AFEELA reshaped the global car industry by bringing the culture of smartphones into the driver's seat.</p><p></p><p>Drawing on verifiable milestones and market data the book traces how Huawei pivoted from telecom sanctions to become a key automotive software supplier how Xiaomi leveraged its loyal ecosystem of users to launch one of the fastest-scaling EVs in history and how Sony and Honda merged entertainment with engineering in the AFEELA experiment. It reveals how cars have become the next connected devices-defined less by torque and chrome and more by UX cloud services and OTA upgrades.</p><p></p><p>From HarmonyOS cockpits and PlayStation dashboards to CATL-powered fast-charging sedans Phone-to-Car Playbook captures the global race to build the software-defined vehicle. It is a fact-rich chronicle of one of the most consequential shifts in modern industry: the moment consumer technology giants turned their playbook of apps data and ecosystems into the new horsepower of mobility.</p>