Hyundai Motor Group showed Pleos Connect, a new infotainment platform that will roll across Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles from 2026. First car: the Korean-market Grandeur, debuting in May. Next: the European Ioniq 3. Target scale is 20 million vehicles by 2030.
The layout looks Tesla-inspired — a wide horizontal centre screen paired with a narrower driver display showing speed and navigation. But Hyundai kept physical buttons on the steering wheel and below the central screen. That’s a deliberate step back. The company acknowledged earlier this year that it went too far with touchscreen-only interiors; customers reported frustration finding basic controls while driving. Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen made similar reversals in 2023–2024.
What’s new technically
Gleo, the built-in AI assistant, runs on a large language model and handles multi-step conversations rather than fixed voice commands. It learns user preferences over time. The platform runs on Android Automotive OS with OTA updates, and user profiles carry across any vehicle in the group’s lineup.
The driver display is deliberately narrow — Hyundai’s reasoning is that speed and navigation are the only two things a driver regularly glances at while moving.
Hyundai hasn’t released details on whether Pleos Connect will reach markets outside Korea and Europe, or on which additional models will carry it after the Ioniq 3.
