Ahead of its "1024 Xpeng Smart Day" event, Tesla's Chinese rival and Alibaba-backed Xpeng Motors said it will push out the Xmart OS 2.1.0 OTA upgrade to P7 users from the evening of October 22.

This is the first major OTA update for Xpeng P7 since its launch, which will open up the functions of the automatic driving assistance system.

The OTA update focuses on the deep optimization of XPILOT and Xmart OS, bringing more convenient voice interaction and smarter driving experience to Xpeng car owners.

After the OTA is completed, Xpeng P7 will have nearly 100 functions optimized and upgraded in XPILOT Driving, XPILOT Safety, XPILOT Parking and Xmart OS.

These upgrades include ACC adaptive cruise control, LCC lane centering assist, ALC automatic lane change assist, BSD, LCA and all-scene voice, Little P personalization and more.

The following are the update logs from Xpeng's WeChat account.

XPILOT Driving Intelligent Driving System.

ACC Adaptive Cruise Control

With ACC Adaptive Cruise Control, Xpeng P7 can maintain a set maximum cruise speed when the vehicle ahead is clear.

If it detects a vehicle ahead, it will automatically reduce the vehicle speed as necessary to maintain a set distance from the vehicle in front until it reaches an appropriate cruising speed.

(Applicable models: Zhixiang Edition, Zhizun Edition)

The LCC Lane Centering Assist function works with the ACC adaptive cruise control to control the vehicle speed, assist in controlling the direction of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle in the center of the lane, and enhance driving safety.

(Available models: Zhizun Edition)

ALC automatic lane change assist

ALC Automatic Lane Change Assist is an XPILOT function based on the comfort of the LCC extension.

On closed highways or urban expressways with clear lane lines that are clear, it assists the driver in making lane changes according to the driver's lane change command (turn signal).

(Available models: Zhizun Edition)

XPILOT Safety Intelligent Safety System

Blind Zone Safety Assist is a very important and proactive safety feature in the ITS portfolio, which helps the driver to make safe lane changes.

It consists of Blind Zone Monitoring Early Warning (BSD) and Lane Change Early Warning (LCA).

During the driving process, the system will monitor the passage of the blind zone from the side of the car to the rear. When there is a vehicle in close proximity, the blind zone warning light will be illuminated in the outside rear-view mirror to alert the driver. Avoid changing lanes at this time; if you continue to turn on the turn signal, it will keep the warning light flashing to warn you.

(Applicable models: Zhixiang Edition, Zhizun Edition)

XPILOT Parking

With this OTA, Xpeng P7 takes a big step forward in the already leading smart parking car, and becomes the only mass production solution that can anticipate autonomous parking in advance.

The range of parking spaces it recognizes is now larger, and it can discover available parking spaces in advance without having to drive over them, and the commonly used parking spaces will be selected by default when parking.

(Applicable models: Zhixiang Edition, Zhizun Edition)

Xmart OS In-Vehicle Intelligence System.

Xmart OS 2.1.0, as the car OS with the best voice interaction experience on the market, understands Chinese consumers and Chinese usage scenes best.

Full-scene voice

Firstly, Xpeng car owners can support continuous dialogue, speak when visible, semantic interruption, dual tone zone lock, etc., which greatly enhances the convenience of human-computer voice interaction.

The "Continuous Dialogue" function can support continuous dialogue after waking up Little P. When Little P is waiting, it can easily distinguish between valid and invalid commands, and will not reply indiscriminately.

The "Visually Speaking" function supports 5 self-developed applications: navigation, music, air conditioning, car control, and system settings, and buttons and other operable elements can be directly controlled by voice.

"Semantic Interrupt" supports interrupting Little P by issuing the next command at any time when you are talking to him.

The "Dual Voice Zone Lock" function supports waking up the main driver to listen to the main driver's commands without the interference of other seats speaking, which improves the accuracy of voice recognition.

Customize Little P

After this OTA, Xpeng car owners can change their Little P to 4 new images such as astronaut, racing driver, racing pioneer, etc. Some of the images also support swiping to customize the facial expressions, which supports users to design their own Little P. In addition to customizing the images, Xpeng car owners can also train their own Little P through the "Little P Personalization" module on the Xpeng App.

In addition to image customization, Xpeng car owners can also train their own Little P through the "Little P Customization" module on the Xpeng App.

Users can personalize the content of Little P and ask Little P to follow the personalized settings to execute relevant commands, which will eventually realize the customization of system settings, vehicle control, air conditioning, navigation, music and other vehicle interaction functions.

It also supports optimized voice UI, cue words, and more Little P expressions of voice status, making every Xpeng P7 Little P your own personal AI intelligent assistant.

Not only that, Little P can now dance too. A variety of dance moves are available to suit different tunes, and various stage backgrounds are available to suit different driving modes. Simply press and hold the Little P avatar on the main screen and drag it to the music bar, then you can easily activate the Little P's dancing ability.

Smart Music Cockpit

This time, OTA further optimizes the Smart Music Cockpit, which can realize the headrest driving mode experience, allowing you to hear the phone call clearly and enjoy the beautiful music.

It adds a smart switch on the headrest mode, USB music playback, music voice fuzzy search, more light language and light dance content display effects, 3 kinds of "SayHi" light language and a variety of voice-over effects and supports the free configuration and combination of various effects, and optimize the effect of unlocking the light language and voice-over.

Vehicle Experience

After Xpeng car owners OTA, you can also enjoy the "Anti-Sickness Mode", which is the "Enjoy Driving Mode".

This mode will systematically and intelligently match the acceleration and energy recuperation strength to avoid the discomfort of frequent transition between too fast acceleration and too strong energy recuperation, so as to provide a more comfortable ride for passengers.

The update also adds a slow-charge reservation feature to keep the car warm. After charging at a home charger, when the appointment time is up and the battery temperature is low, the keep warm function will be activated until the battery temperature reaches a predetermined value.

Provide more stable performance in low temperature environment. The low temperature battery pre-heat function can heat the battery pack with the electricity from the home charger in cold weather, and when the battery is heated to the right temperature, it will effectively improve the vehicle's range in cold conditions.

In-vehicle intelligent system and application ecology

This OTA also adds a new boss button for the rear occupants, which allows the front passenger seat to be moved forward by pressing and holding the right-hand door panel button in the rear, leaving more space for the rear.

It optimizes the air conditioning PM2.5 purification logic, energy center interaction, and WeChat's connectivity features with support for large-screen management of the tied WeChat account.

Moreover, Xmart 2.1.0 also adds the ability to open and close third-party apps and in-car gadgets by voice, and adds the ability to directly play Youku video resource content by voice, and can support full-screen video playback via third-party video apps, making the ride experience more comfortable and better.

It's also worth noting that the Xmart OS 2.1.0 OTA has been upgraded to a huge extent with nearly 100 functions.

Xpeng car owners are recommended to enable the automatic nighttime upgrade function first, followed by the remote upgrade via mobile app, and the immediate upgrade in the car is not recommended.

If the car owner clicks "Upgrade Now" by mistake and wants to give up when it takes too long, Xpeng car owners can abort the upgrade if the system is still in "Condition Check" status. If the vehicle is already in the upgrade process, it is recommended not to abort the upgrade forcibly to avoid the failure of the upgrade and cause abnormalities in the vehicle.