WATERLOO, Ont. — BlackBerry Limited announced today independent research firm Strategy Analytics has determined BlackBerry QNX software is now embedded in more than 215 million vehicles worldwide.
That’s an increase of 20 million from the year before, according to a press release.
BlackBerry’s QNX software division provides safety-certified embedded software for the automotive industry and is used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and car companies such as BMW, Bosch, Continental, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Visteon, the release says.
“Automakers rely on BlackBerry QNX software for a broad range of critical systems for the vehicles of today and for the next generation software-defined vehicles of the future,” the release reads.
BlackBerry QNX software includes QNX Neutrino OS, QNX Platform for ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems), QNX OS for Safety, QNX CAR Platform for Infotainment, QNX Platform for Digital Cockpits, QNX Hypervisor 2.2 and QNX acoustics middleware.
“BlackBerry continues to be the clear market leader in safety-critical embedded automotive software, with consistent growth in vehicles count, from over 16 million in 2013 to over 215 million today. We are delighted to be trusted by automotive OEMs and Tier 1s around the world,” said John Chen, executive chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, in the release.
“Connected-autonomous vehicles are central to the development of smart cities, so as the two key markets that BlackBerry serves — IoT and Cybersecurity — converge into an interdependent and combined market, our growth in the automotive industry will accelerate the emergence of a trusted smart world.”
