Verizon Hoping Safety Features, Wi-Fi Hot Spot Lure Parents to Latest Hum Product
Verizon Telematics is appealing to parents with its next-generation Hum product that adds a safety score feature and navigation, Senior Product Manager Travis Scarcliff told us on a test drive in New York Wednesday. Verizon split its Hum offerings into…
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three tiers last month, topped by the Hum X. Hum’s Safety Score gives information on how the car is being driven -- “whether you’re braking too hard or accelerating too fast or picking up your phone,” said Scarcliff. The carrier automatically is notified if a crash occurs, he said. Active trouble codes show up in vehicle scans, he said, alerting drivers to problems. Hum X is an overhaul of the Hum platform interface and brings Wi-Fi, near real-time tracking and mapping, Scarcliff said.